Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Reachout

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The CMHT Forensic Interface Team is a unique ad exciting pilot project, integrated within the the East CMHT Hub and dedicated to supporting service users retuning from Secure Care facilities who require ongoing community based support and service users within existing CMHT teams, who would benefit from intensive and specialist support. The Forensic Interface MDT team will work independently but alongside the wider CMHT staff team, and will include input from Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychologist, community based nurses and support staff with access to others community resources and specialists as needed.

The successful candidates will need an appreciation of the challenges that many service users face when transitioning from secure care back into the community and those living in the community that require more intensive support and engagement strategies. The core task, from an OT prospective would be to assess the impact that mental illness, trauma, learning disabilities or autism and long-term institutionalisation have on functioning and to develop plans, in collaboration with the MDT and service users, to address to these.

· Provide a professional consultative role within an MDT.

· Screen new referrals to team as a member of the MDT

· Use professional specific practice models and assessments to formulate collaborative goals and clinical outcomes for our service users.

· Deliver group and individual intervention in the community to promote life skills and support transition.

· Liaise with care providers to ensure treatment plans are maintained to support community living.

· Adhere to clinical, operational and procedural policies and processes.

· Engage in service development.

· Support staff well-being.

· Consult with community agencies to develop community facing pathways and opportunities for our service users.

· Engage our experts by experience in co-production.

· Maintain effective record keeping and outcome/ activity data.

· Care coordination or key practitioner role with a small caseload of service users

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This advert closes on Thursday 30 Jul 2026