Senior Childrens Occupational Therapist

Job overview

We are looking for a creative, experienced Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in working with children and young people. In this new role, you will work closely with senior colleagues to help shape and deliver our Occupational Therapy service into local schools, using a tiered model approach.

Children's Therapies is a friendly, supportive team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech & Language Therapists who work closely together in locality bases, clinics and schools. As a result there is regular opportunity for innovation and integrated working to achieve the best outcome for the children and young people we see.

Main duties of the job

To deliver Occupational Therapy advice and support to enable children to participate in the full range of school activities available to them.

To deliver training to staff in school to help develop awareness of the needs of children, and advice on strategies to address this.

To produce written resources and reports.

To assess for / recommend appropriate equipment and environmental adjustments to support access to the curriculum.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work in collaboration with senior colleagues and partners in education to agree priorities for Occupational Therapy support within identified school settings.

To complete assessments of children's needs using a range of standardised and non standardised activities.

To develop therapy programmes to enable children to access the school environment, develop their skills and participate in school based activities.

To provide advice and support to staff in school and parents, to enable therapy recommendations to be integrated into the child's daily routine.

To deliver treatment sessions on an individual or small group basis, evaluating the effectiveness of these using agreed outcome measures.

To maintain accurate clinical records and produce reports for statutory assessment where required.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.