Vacancy for specialist occupational therapist

There is a vacancy for a specialist occupational therapist as part of the Young People’s Social Prescribing project at the Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative project to provide social prescribing for the children and young people of Chesterfield and Bolsover.

Derbyshire Voluntary Action (DVA) and Chesterfield Football Club Community Trust (CFCCT) launched ‘Connect to… @ The Hub’ in April 2021 as a one-year pilot project to gather evidence of the impact of social prescribing on a cohort of 14-25 year-olds.  

It is believed this is the only young people’s social prescribing service available anywhere in Derbyshire and Derby City at present and it employs just one Social Prescribing Link Worker.

This project will build on this work of ‘Connect to… @ the HUB’, by carrying out a further one-year project covering the Chesterfield and Bolsover areas to:

  • Set up a more comprehensive service, increasing the number of Young People’s Social Prescribing Link Workers and adding an Occupational Therapist to the team
  • Strengthen links to the local School Nursing teams for referrals from local schools
  • Support Covid recovery plans by creating a service to fill a gap in current provision
  • Assess and refine referral pathways and criteria
  • Learn lessons and evaluate the benefits of this service with a view to support a wider rollout of similar services across Derbyshire and Derby City

To find out more and/or apply for this role, please click on the following link: https://dchs.nhs.uk/join-our-team/view-our-current-vacancies?#!/job/UK/Derbyshire/Chesterfield/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Young_Peoples_Social_Prescribing_project/Young_Peoples_Social_Prescribing_project-v3917219?_ts=57010