Children's Occupational Therapist- Haringey

Job responsibilities

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PATIENT/CLIENT CARE

1. To carry a personal clinical caseload maintaining a high level of professional competence and demonstrate developing clinical expertise.

2. To administer specialist standardised and structured assessments, interpret results and contribute to accurate diagnosis and prognosis within the team responsible for the childs care.

3. To assess and treat individual children with complex needs, in their homes and special school, mainstream school or clinic setting, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team, and liaising closely with education staff and parents/carers.

4. To devise and manage a specialised treatment plan individual to a childs presenting condition through:

Home programs agreed with parents

Practice of functional tasks in the natural environment

Therapeutic handling and postural management

Equipment provision at home and school

Developmentally appropriate skills in play, self care and nursery activities

Sensory based interventions

Health Promotion/extra curricular activities e.g. swimming

Addressing relevant psychosocial issues

Multidisciplinary approach, coordinating support with other members of the team.

5. To attend meetings necessary to co-ordinate multi-agency care of the child e.g. transition planning, child protection.

6. To utilise a 3-tiered model of practice universal, targeted and specialist to deliver high quality evidence-based care.

7. To keep accurate and timely records, and write reports and discharge summaries as required, ensuring that confidentiality and information-sharing standards are met as in Trust and professional standards.

8. To provide Occupational Therapy advice to Education Health and Care assessments, as required.

9. To be actively involved in target setting and annual review meetings, working across disciplines to ensure continuity of approach and to maximise the effectiveness of treatment in the home and school settings.

10. To plan and carry out home visits to the child in the home environment, to carry out risk assessments; to assess for specialist equipment, or to advise the parent/carer.

11. To be involved in the assessment for and selection of specialist equipment for children at home and in the special school/ mainstream school, taking responsibility for review of its safety and appropriateness.

12. To establish relationships with community services and facilities, and to assist children and their families to make links with resources available to them.

13. To work effectively with clients, carers, and colleagues around individual case management, providing advice, guidance and support as necessary and involving them in the planning and prioritisation of care wherever possible.

14. To reflect on clinical practice; adequately identifying strengths & needs of clients, reviewing their response to therapy and providing evidence of sound clinical judgement.

15. To monitor and review the progress of children on caseload and facilitate the development or modification of packages of care / targets as appropriate using evaluation/outcome measurement tools.

16. To adapt practice to meet individual client/carers circumstances, taking into account cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

17. To produce accurate, & detailed reports, therapy programmes, advice and information as necessary in a timely manner.

18. To refer children to other Health, Education or Social Services professionals as necessary.

19. To undertake home visits, as necessary, in compliance with Home Visiting Safety Policy.

Education

Essential

• Qualification degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and current HPC registration

Desirable

• Attendance at specialist post-graduate courses relevant to paediatric OT

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly, verbally and in writing, and overcome barriers to communication
• Ability to manage own time and a clinical caseload, and to describe ways of prioritising work
• Ability to identify professional training needs, and evidence of updating clinical skills
• Understanding of the role of and process of clinicaUnderstanding of issues involved in working in a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure OT practice is culturally appropriate and accessible l supervision

Experience

Essential

• Work or placement experience in community / education setting or related work areas
• Experience / knowledge of working with neurological conditions and using standardised assessments and implementing specialised treatment approaches
• Experience / knowledge of assessing for specialist adaptive equipment and minor adaptations, and of evaluating effectiveness and safety
• Experience of goal setting and evaluating the outcomes of OT treatment
• Experience of managing a caseload, and of working with other staff to implement Occupational Therapy treatment programmes

Desirable

• Experience / knowledge of working with children with special needs focusing on childhood occupation, using standardised assessments and implementing specialised treatment approaches
• Involvement in clinical audit and outcome measures
• Experience/ knowledge of using a 3 tiered model - universal, targeted and specialist in practice
• Experience / knowledge of contributing to planning care in conjunction with service - users and other disciplines
• Experience / understanding of supervising students

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of understanding the needs of children with disabilities and their families/carers, and to explain the role of the OT to them
• Understanding of the emotional and physical impact of illness / disability on an individual, their family and carers
• Awareness of and competence in undertaking core therapeutic assessments specific to occupational therapy
• Knowledge of legislative frameworks / curren t legislation in relation to health care
• Practical experience of designing and implementing treatment programmes in line with best / evidence based practice
• Documented evidence of continuous professional development showing progression of learning and future learning objectives

Desirable

• Evidence of understanding of the roles of the OT working within a school environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).