CAMHS Occupational Therapist; N&S AID-IIT

Overview

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The closing date is 22 February 2026

Due to team expansion, there is an exciting opportunity to work as an Occupational Therapist within the Autism and Intellectual Disabilities - Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT), a National and Specialist CAMHS service which works closely with the Orchids team and has links with the rest of the Service for Complex Autism and Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) and with other N&S CAMHS teams.

AID-IIT work with young people across London with a diagnosis of autism and/or intellectual disability and complex mental health needs, with an aim to reduce or prevent inpatient admission and support young people to remain in the community. We have a strong tradition of evidence-based treatment, and are active in clinical research, developing, assessing and implementing effective new treatments such as intensive day treatments for eating disorders.

Our clinical teams are fully committed to multi-disciplinary, comprehensive assessments of young people within their family and social context, taking into account their academic achievements and potential. The team are at the forefront of the development of support, practice and interventions for children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilities with high-risk presentations.

The postholder will work as an Occupational Therapist in the AID-IIT team offering specialist therapy input within the team, including offering specialist input into MDT assessments, occupational therapy assessment and interventions to young people and parents/carers and consultation, training and support to multi-agency local networks including staff from local and inpatient CAMHS settings, and supervision and support to junior staff and occupational therapy students within the team.

The role includes work across a range of settings - offering work in community settings, inpatient settings, working from home, and working from our clinic base, depending on the needs of the young person, family and network. The role will also involve contributing to service developments within the AID-IT team and across where appropriate.

Flexible working: As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

(This may include working early mornings, late evenings or some Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)

About our locations: The Michael Rutter Centre is located on the Maudsley hospital site and is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone
2). Maudsley Hospital (headquarters) Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill, 5 minutes from the train station (zone
2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin Park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants. The AID-IIT team are based at the Michael Rutter Centre (and will be based in the new Pears Maudsley Centre in the near future) with other staff from N&S CAMHS, facilitating close working, academic/learning opportunities and good support for the postholder.

The postholder will work within the AID-IIT team to provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessments, interventions and support within the multi-disciplinary team including:

To offer specialist occupational therapy within the multi-disciplinary team, including offering assessment and intervention to young people with highly complex presentations, their families and wider networks, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and liaising with professional networks to offer specialist occupational therapy consultation. To regularly supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement. To carry out team…