Senior Therapy Assistant

**Main area**
- Band 4 OTTI Adult Eating Disorder PARALEL

**Grade**

Band 4

**Contract**

Fixed term: 18 months (Ends September 2026)

**Hours**
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working

Hybrid service offering virtual and face to face contact with patients

**Job ref**

373-SMH2324

**Site**
- Pioneer house

**Town**

Ellesmere Port

**Salary**

£26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

11/03/2025 23:59

**Job overview**:
Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor (OTTI)

Adult Specialist Eating Disorder Community Post Admission Relapse Prevention and Liaison Enhancing Local Services (PARALEL)

Location: Unit 4 Pioneer House North Rd Ellesmere Port CH65 1AD

Start Date: ASAP

Contract: full time/part time/ Fixed term till September 2026

Hours: to be discussed within the hours of Monday to Friday 8:00-4:00

Band 4 Salary: £24,071-£25,674 pro rata

What You’ll Do:

- You will work as an OTTI within an exciting new and emerging rehabilitation relapse prevention team
- You will support the Occupational Therapist in delivering person-centred interventions and feedback any relevant information concerning service users and carers
- You will be part of a client-centred service where the needs of the individual will determine the intervention. This will mean that the successful postholder will plan and work engaging service users across a variety of therapeutic interventions. These interventions may be carried out in groups, individually via face-to-face contact or virtually
- You will need to use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- You will record clinical documentation in a timely and organised manner
- You will work as part of our small team to help set up a service to ensure a seamless and supportive care experience for every individual
- You will need to demonstrate a good understanding of eating disorders, mental health conditions and Occupational Therapy

**Main duties of the job**:
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a friendly, supportive, new and emerging service.
- Receive dedicated guidance and direction from the experienced Occupational Therapist.
- Benefit from ongoing professional development, including:

- Clinical supervision
- Annual appraisals
- Heart of care training program designed specifically for support staff
- A wide range of training opportunities

Who We’re Looking For:

- We’re seeking an individual who is:

- Passionate about mental health and improving lives.
- Has excellent self-management and organisational skills.
- Caring, enthusiastic, adaptable and eager to learn.
- Highly motivated and ready to thrive in developing a new service.
- A team player who can take direction but is also able to work autonomously.

Experience of this type of work is desirable but experience of working with people with eating disorders, aptitude and motivation are considered to be essential qualities in providing the high standards of service that this post demands

**Working for our organisation**:
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
- Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
- CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a **_Values Based Interview/Assessment_**,** which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

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