Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist

Job overview

As part of our ongoing development, our team is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced full-time Band 6 Children’s Occupational therapist to join our enthusiastic and productive team, offering a high-quality service across North Derbyshire.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cohesive and dynamic team, who are constantly looking to improve our services in line with developments in evidence-based practice. Please contact Mrs Jenny Sadler for an informal discussion on 01246 514553.

Main duties of the job

As a therapist working in a community setting you will hold a caseload across our geographical area, supported by a band 7 therapist. Your role will be to evaluate and support the functional independence of children in a variety of settings, including mainstream & special schools. We have excellent links with other teams in Specialist Children’s Services, Education and Social Care and value working collaboratively with others to meet the needs of children and families. Your clinical duties will include devising programmes and setting goals to develop skills, assessment and provision of specialist equipment including seating and coaching and close liaison with parents, carers and staff in educational settings. You will also be expected to contribute and support ongoing programmes of service developments and improvement.

You must be able think creatively, work flexibly and independently as well as being a strong team player with excellent communication skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.