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Are you an experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist or a Band 6 Occupational Therapist and would like to explore a rewarding career experience?
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
Summary
The post holder will work at Cygnet Adarna House and will be clinically supervised by the regional lead Occupational Therapist.
Post: Band 6 Occupational Therapist
Site: Cygnet Adarna House
Salary: Up to £43,234 (depending on experience)
Hours: 40 Hours
Contract: Permanent
Start Date: October 2026
Cygnet Adarna House (Bradford; West Yorkshire):
Cygnet Adarna House is our rehabilitation service for men with mental illness and a secondary diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Supporting nine men, we provide a homely and community facing environment for individuals who are preparing for community life, but need further support to move to more independent living. The service supports people to work on their independent living skills in a safe environment, treatments are provided by the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
The MDT works together with service users to provide a holistic, person-centred, comprehensive assessment and care and treatment plan. The team ensure individual’s needs are met in a way that helps that each achieve stability and discharge to a less restrictive setting.
Cygnet Adarna House is located in the suburbs of Wibsey in Bradford, the team focus on ensuring the individuals they support are part of their local community and can access education, employment and other opportunities to meet their needs. The service also benefits from great public transport links to local towns and cities including Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds and Manchester.
We can also support men who are not actively showing signs of immediate risk, but who may need to develop their independent living skills, or require support with their mental health needs. Service users are supported to be actively involved in their own rehabilitation.
The team are highly experienced in supporting individuals with autism. All members of staff are trained in understanding autism and in how to create a supportive environment for everyone.
Occupational Therapy Directorate
Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors, we support over 185 Occupational Therapists. 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…
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We care about people in our services
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Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor
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Induction & service line training in area of specialism
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Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
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We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.
Cygnet Health Care Benefits
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Free parking
- Free meals for staff on duty
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Group pension plan helping you save for your future
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NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card (includes big brand discounts)
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Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice.
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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 would be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Katie Dixon (Recruiter): at [email protected]
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.
*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*
What next?
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