Senior Occupational Therapist - Mental Health


Company:	Home Group Limited
Salary:	£34,912 to £48,819 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4AQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	29 Oct 2026
Closing date:	18 Nov 2026

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Summary

About the role

Salary £34,912 to £40,000 per annum (depending on experience) and a Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

As a Senior Occupational Therapist in our clinical team, you’ll play a big part in helping people with complex needs live more independent, fulfilling lives. This isn’t about quick fixes or tick-box care. It’s about supporting people to grow their confidence, skills, and independence in ways that really matter to them.

You’ll be joining a team that blends health, housing and care to create long-term change, and you’ll see the difference your work makes every single day.

What you’ll do

• Carry out in-depth assessments and interventions, drawing on your expertise to create practical plans that help customers build skills and independence.

• Provide clinical guidance and advice to colleagues, helping support teams feel confident in delivering safe and effective day-to-day care.

• Design and deliver personalised interventions, including positive behaviour support plans, always keeping the customer’s goals, strengths and voice at the centre.

• Collaborate closely with other professionals including nurses, behavioural specialists and fellow occupational therapists, working as one joined-up team.

• Balance your own caseload across different services, from Ofsted-registered supported accommodation to other settings across the region.

• Lead service improvements and contribute to practice development, making sure our model of care stays safe, innovative and truly customer focused.

Why join us

This is more than a job – it’s a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you’ll make a real difference every day! If you’re ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work! We can't offer a CoS for this role.

You have

• Professional registration as an HCPC Occupational Therapist, with strong experience working alongside people with complex needs such as learning disabilities, autism, or mental health conditions.

• The ability to carry out thorough assessments and develop evidence-based interventions, translating clinical expertise into real-life outcomes for customers.

• Person-centred and strengths-based approach, seeing beyond difficulties to help people recognise their skills, goals and potential.

• Confidence in risk assessment and management, with the skill to balance safety while promoting independence and positive risk-taking.

• Excellent communication skills, working with empathy and clarity to build trust with customers, families, carers and colleagues across disciplines.

• A curious and forward-thinking mindset, always seeking to improve practice, share knowledge and champion high-quality occupational therapy.

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The Practical bits

• Working Monday to Friday, between 9am to 5pm, 37.5 hpw

• Based in Newcastle's Homelessness Supported Accommodation Services 4 days a 1 day at home

• You need an Enhanced with barring list DBS check (we pay)

• Working with our customers with complex needs including homelessness, mental health, addictions and offending behaviours

• To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave, prorated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)

• Paid time off for volunteering

• Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)

• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies

• Career path with development and an excellent training package

• Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

Finally

For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk. Roles can close early, so don’t delay applying. If you can’t see the Job Description at the top of this page, click APPLY to view it on our pages and find out more about us.

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