Job summary
Barnet Children's Integrated Therapies have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated Occupational Therapist, who is experienced in interdisciplinary working with children and young people in the community. This is part of a two-year Project we are running with our Education partners at Barnet Council, from September 2023 to August 2025. OTs in Barnet work as part of a dynamic and innovative Integrated Therapy Team which includes Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants as well as OTs. This Project builds on established interdisciplinary working and aims to further develop interagency collaboration.
Following the success of the Project's first year, we are delighted that from September 2024 we will have an additional Band 7 role joining the team already in place focussed on supporting children and young people through clinical review, stakeholder engagement and the delivery of a Targeted training programme for staff and parents.
The successful candidate will work in both primary and secondary mainstream schools across Barnet. The role in primary school is to support children entering mainstream reception classes with special and complex needs that may include autism, learning difficulties and sensory processing differences.
The secondary school role is related to reviewing and updating EHCPs together with delivery of support for parents and staff at the Targeted level, (Gascoigne et al, 2013).
Main duties of the job
1. Working closely with Barnet Education's Specialist Inclusion Service to train and support the implementation of Occupational Therapy advice and strategies into the mainstream schools core offer.
2. To be responsible for the assessment of young people in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 with a range of functional needs and the provision of advice for them, their families and the staff working them.
3. To provide targetted training and support for staff working in mainstream primary and secondary schools
4. To be innovative and develop new training offers to schools to meet the sensory and motor based needs of their pupils while upskilling staff on OT based strategies and recommendations.
5. To support children with complex profiles in mainstream reception classes
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see detailed job description and specification attached. Full job description and main responsibilities attached.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Degree/Masters in Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Membership of the RCOT
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Clinical Educator training
- Masters level modules or equivalent courses in speciality
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oAdvanced knowledge of the evidence base of rehabilitation relating to specialist area.
- Excellent specific therapy assessment and treatment skills in field of specialism utilising a range of approaches.
- Able to independently manage own and others clinical caseload and prioritise as required
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies
- Clear, concise verbal and written reporting skills
- Excellent presentation skills of complex information
- IT skills including word processing and excel
- Demonstrates empathy with clients, carers and families often where barriers to understanding exist ensuring that effective communication is achieved
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Appropriate assessment tools for this client group
- Current issues in the delivery of community based services
- Sound understanding of confidentiality
- Previous experience working in schools
- Previous experience working with children and young people
- Understanding of the difference between Universal, targeted and specialist service provision.
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Day to day clinical supervision of the caseloads allocated to junior team members.
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
- Involvement in audit and research
- An awareness of NHS 10 year plan
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Able to respond to pressure appropriately
- Uses initiative
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Professional manner
- Demonstrate trust values: innovative, compassionate, accountable, respectful, excellent
Other
Essential
- To have access to a car
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Degree/Masters in Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Membership of the RCOT
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Clinical Educator training
- Masters level modules or equivalent courses in speciality
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oAdvanced knowledge of the evidence base of rehabilitation relating to specialist area.
- Excellent specific therapy assessment and treatment skills in field of specialism utilising a range of approaches.
- Able to independently manage own and others clinical caseload and prioritise as required
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies
- Clear, concise verbal and written reporting skills
- Excellent presentation skills of complex information
- IT skills including word processing and excel
- Demonstrates empathy with clients, carers and families often where barriers to understanding exist ensuring that effective communication is achieved
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Appropriate assessment tools for this client group
- Current issues in the delivery of community based services
- Sound understanding of confidentiality
- Previous experience working in schools
- Previous experience working with children and young people
- Understanding of the difference between Universal, targeted and specialist service provision.
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Day to day clinical supervision of the caseloads allocated to junior team members.
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
- Involvement in audit and research
- An awareness of NHS 10 year plan
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Able to respond to pressure appropriately
- Uses initiative
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Professional manner
- Demonstrate trust values: innovative, compassionate, accountable, respectful, excellent
Other
Essential
- To have access to a car
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
