Band 5/6 Developmental Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Are you a motivated Occupational Therapist ready to make a meaningful difference in low-secure forensic mental health care?

We are offering a 5/6 OT Development post to join our Therapies Team at Francis Willis Unit. Rated Good overall by the CQC following an unannounced inspection in February 2026, Francis Willis was recognised for strong multidisciplinary working, robust governance, safety, dignity, personalised care, safeguarding, inclusive patient involvement and a positive culture of learning and improvement.

An exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive, recovery-focused team where OT is central to helping people rebuild skills, routines, confidence and meaningful roles. You will deliver creative, person-centred assessments and interventions, including individual and group work focused on daily living skills, community participation, physical wellbeing, social inclusion, motivation and recovery. Interventions may include cooking, gardening, walking, gym, music, Recovery College, volunteering and community-based activity.

We are seeking a compassionate, confident and reflective OT with excellent communication, clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills. You will work collaboratively with service users, carers and the MDT to support safe progression through secure pathways and promote independence, choice and hope.

If you are passionate about occupational therapy, forensic rehabilitation and enabling people to live meaningful lives, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide high-quality occupational therapy within the low secure forensic service, supporting adults with complex mental health needs through recovery-focused assessment, intervention and discharge planning.

Essential duties include:

• Undertake comprehensive OT assessments, formulations and intervention planning.
• Assess occupational performance, functional ability, cognition, motivation, daily living skills, risk and barriers to recovery.
• Deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions to promote independence, meaningful occupation, social inclusion and recovery.
• Contribute to care planning, risk assessment, CPA/review meetings and discharge planning.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers, the MDT, community services and external agencies.
• Manage a delegated caseload, prioritise referrals and organise workload according to clinical need.
• Promote positive therapeutic relationships while maintaining professional boundaries within a secure setting.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with HCPC standards, Trust policies and information governance requirements.
• Support clinical governance, audit, service development and quality improvement activity.
• Supervise, delegate to and support junior staff, OT support staff and students as required

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 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, 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.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.