Occupational Therapy Assistant in Widnes

Are you already an Occupational Therapy Assistant looking for a new challenge, or do you have a keen interest in this area of work and a desire to enhance your knowledge and understanding of Occupational Therapy?

About Us

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

Your Role

Service Line:  Specialist Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Service for Men

Summary of the site:

Cygnet Paddocks is our new specialist Neuropsychiatric rehabilitation service for men. The service will provide a dedicated care pathway for men affected by acquired brain injury or neurological conditions, where behaviours that challenge are the overarching impairment to recovery and rehabilitation. The service is due to open in July 2024.

The individually designed wards will replicate the well-established rehabilitation and treatment pathways already successfully offered by Cygnet in other Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation services; facilitating a clear and distinctive care and treatment pathway led by an all-encompassing in-house clinical and medical team.

We ensure person-centred outcomes are maximised through inter-disciplinary working, whilst keeping the individual at the heart of their discharge planning.

This service will be able to accept individuals using a variety of legal frameworks, including those under the Mental Health Act.

Cygnet Paddocks is located in Widnes, in the North West. The local area has many parks and nature reserves, and the service is well connected by public transport to nearby supermarkets, cafés and leisure activities.

There is a dedicated clinical team who provide multi-disciplinary input including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapists, psychology, psychiatry, and nursing staff. You will be supported by a Band 7 OT and a Band 5 OT.  

Occupational Therapy Directorate

Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 150 Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants. 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.

5 reasons why you should make an application today…

1. We care about people in our services
2. Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor
3. Induction & service line training in area of specialism
4. Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
5. We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.

Cygnet Health Care Benefits

• 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.
• Plus much more…

A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether it’s saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays & leisure – or securing your future with professional development and a pension – we support you to be happy both in & out of work.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others – every day.

If you would like to discuss this role with the recruiting occupational therapist or arrange an informal visit, we’d be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact

Requirements
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.

Please click the link to apply or email a copy of your CV to

*Recruitment agencies please note: Speculative emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*