Occupational Therapist

Neurological Care Centre - The Chantry, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Posted Friday 22 August 2025 at 00:00

Occupational Therapist

Hours: 30 hours per week

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK.Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals.Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Our neurological centre specialises in providing exceptional care for individuals and their families coping with acquired brain injuries and other neurological conditions such as Huntington's disease, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis. We are here for you, every step of the way. The Chantry is a large Grade II listed mansion built in the 18th century and set within the magnificent gardens of Chantry Park. Our neurological centre offers a safe and comfortable environment for the people we support to thrive, maximising independence and supporting their social and emotional needs.

MAIN PURPOSE:

To work as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team providing occupational therapy input within the BIRT neurobehavioral model to service users with acquired brain injury (ABI). To liaise with internal and external professionals, family members and service users.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional bringing skills and knowledge in neurological rehabilitation but with support and supervision (which may be remote if appropriate) of a more senior OT for more complex cases. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
• To manage and prioritise a caseload of service users with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour, with supervision from a more senior OT and regular support for more challenging service users and situations.
• To complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement and evaluate intervention, with supervision for more complex cases.
• To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure.
• With the support and supervision from a more senior OT, to develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioral model.
• To carry out detailed risk assessments and ensure these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.
• To assess for, issue and refer to outside agencies for appropriate equipment ensuring adequate training for staff, service user and family and with all risk assessments in place.
• To plan, implement and evaluate appropriate goal directed group interventions.
• To provide intervention and advice on social and lifestyle needs including referral to other agencies and services.

ABOUT YOU:

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with the HCPC
• Practice placement qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification within the first year.
• Minimum of 18 months post registration experience including inpatient or community rehabilitation. Plus, a further 6 months prequalification experience working in a suitable role.
• Experience of working with service users with neurological deficits or acquired brain injury.
• Experience of specialist interventions used in neurological rehabilitation such as cognitive rehabilitation.

REWARDS:

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.

A competitive Salary of £31,049 - £37,350 DOE

• Health Cash Plan
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance.
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.

**Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

Neurological Care Centre - The Chantry, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom