Specialist Occupational Therapist; Band 6

About Us

Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.

Service Line: Mental Health Adults (Male) High Dependency Rehabilitation Level 2

Site: Cygnet Fountains, Blackburn

Salary: £40,966 - £43,234 (DOE)

Hours: 40 Hours

Contract: Permanent

Cygnet Fountains is a high support inpatient rehabilitation (level
2) service for men who have severe and enduring mental illness and who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act. The individuals we support come to us following multiple placement breakdowns, failed treatment programmes or stepping down from secure settings.

At Cygnet Fountains we have a number of different options to help support individuals to move on. We have 3 self‑contained flats within the service to enable service users to build their individual skills before discharge while still having the full support of the multi‑disciplinary team.

Cygnet Fountains is located in the heart of the community in Blackburn, Lancashire. This service provides a safe and comfortable environment that promotes efficient rehabilitation and recovery. We are dedicated to understand and stabilise and break the traumatic cycles of relapse that can impact an individual’s life.

There is a dedicated clinical team who provide multi‑disciplinary input including occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry, and nursing staff. You will be supported by one Band 5 Occupational Therapist, one Occupational Therapy Assistant and 3 Activity Co‑ordinators across site.

Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 150 Occupational Therapists. Working together as a large team we provide support to each other across the group, with the opportunity to be part of specialist interest groups & become involved in service development.

Every service line has a clinical lead occupational therapist to lead and develop evidence based practice and agreed occupational therapy pathway.

We ensure our occupational therapists have a voice through participating in service model development, utilising the expertise and support of our clinical lead occupational therapists.

• Free parking
• Free meals for staff on duty
• Relocation package available
• Group pension plan helping you save for your future
• NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card (includes big brand discounts)
• Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.