Occupational Therapist

Job summary

We now have an opening for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist (NHS Band 5+) to join our college team, and working across our directorate at Victoria School, with potential remote working at Nash College. The vacancy is part time (22.5 hours per week, term-time only).

Job outline

Based at Livability Millie College, the Occupational Therapist will oversee OT provision for students with complex medical needs, often with associated difficulties such as autism. You will be clinically responsible for Occupational Therapy input for some students in terms of functional life skills and sensory processing to reduce barriers to learning and embed therapeutic strategies into the college curriculum. Therapies at Millie College form part of the integrated delivery model, where therapies are functional, have purpose and demonstrate a meaningful benefit. Therapies are needs-led, regularly monitored and integrated into the student's college day.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• To work closely with the OT team and be an effective member of the multi-disciplinary Team.

• To take responsibility for the planning of sessions; both group and 1-1 sessions.

• To offer support and ideas for the future development of the OT service with the aim of maintaining a high-quality service.

• To have collective responsibility for safeguarding all students and contribute to the safeguarding policies and procedures.

Expectations

• To have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.

• To follow the safeguarding procedures adopted by Livability and within the college policies.

• To work within the framework of the mission statements, aims, policies and procedures of the college and Livability, and to support the Christian objectives of the organisation.

• To be committed to the development of opportunities for inclusion for all students attending the college and to promote equality of opportunity and cultural diversity.

• To accept responsibility for the education, care and development of all students attending the College.

• To promote and develop a team approach across all professional disciplines to the work of the college.

• To be a role model for staff and students in all aspects of personal and professional conduct and by exemplifying the Code of Conduct of Livability.

About us

Exceptional People Deserve Exceptional Staff

Livability Millie College sits within a group of specialist education provisions; this group comprises a special independent school (Victoria School in Poole) and a specialist college provision (Nash College in Bromley). Each of these settings caters for a wide range of learning needs and disabilities, including autism and physical disabilities.

Livability Millie College is a post 16-25 education setting helping young people with a range of learning and physical disabilities in Dorset and the local area, bridging the gap between education and employment. Students are supported with personalised learning programmes which build confidence and independence, underpinned by a focus on wellbeing.

It is a one-of-a-kind work environment, set on a 350-acre countryside site near Poole. The colleges curriculum is directly aligned to its natural environment and the enterprise activities that operate there, including animal care, catering and retail, conservation and horticulture.

Students are supported with personalised learning programmes which build confidence and independence, underpinned by a focus on wellbeing.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and collaborative working environment.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Access to great facilities and resources.