Occupational Therapist

Job summary The Community Forensic Team has an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join the team. This is a new role within the core team and we are excited to work alongside you to develop its implementation and growth for our service users. We are looking for someone who embodies LPFT values and is able to work flexibly under their own initiative and as part of a wider MDT. Collaborative working is essential to this role as are excellent communication skills. The Community Forensic Team (CFT), work with service users to support them to live their best lives in the community. We do this by providing specialist assessments and interventions for our patient group including those within the transforming care cohort. We work with mentally disordered offenders who present a significant risk of harm to others by nature of their mental disorder, including those subject to conditional discharge under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act or Supervised Community Treatment Orders (CTO's). We work with those presenting with complex mental health needs who are involved in the criminal justice system including those conditionally discharged and living in the community under MOJ restrictions and with the Transforming Care cohort who present with forensic needs. Main duties of the job To complete functional assessments using evidence-based assessment tools and complete/ advise the intervention plan that is recommended from these. To assess, deliver and supervise graded activity. To complete community and home assessments. To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To work flexibly across a 5-day-a-week service. To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients' care, where appropriate. Liaison with MAPPA, the MOJ and National Probation Service (NPS) regarding high-risk individuals including attendance at MAPPA meetings as directed and guided by the team manager. About us Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this! We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more . Details Date posted 07 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number 274-12182-OA Job locations Unit 4, St Georges Long Leys Road Lincoln LN1 1FS United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities To work autonomously, with the ability to organise and manage own time according to delegated workload. To take accountability for own professional practice. Ability to formulate a risk assessment and risk management plan, including application of the HCR-20 risk assessment under the supervision and guidance of the clinical psychologist. To complete functional assessments using evidence based assessment tools and complete/ advise the intervention plan that is recommended from these. Please view the attached Job Description and