Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job overview

An exciting new role has become available to support the Children's Occupational Therapy team.  The role of the Children’s Therapy service involves working with St George’s NHS Trust and the Local Authority in collaboration with a range of professionals from healthcare and other agencies as well as working in partnership with parents and carers.

Main duties of the job

• To manage own caseload of allocated children with a variety of presentations with supervision of a qualified therapist.

• To work under own initiative to provide effective comprehensive clinical support to the SEND Occupational Therapy team at Queen Mary’s Hospital, in local mainstream schools and in other community settings including family homes.
• To provide hands on treatment to children who have previously been assessed by the Occupational Therapist and inform the therapist of the child’s progress and response to the intervention.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.

This is a role that results in many applications. Please ensure application demonstrates knowledge/experience with OT interventions and working in schools.

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