Job summary
About the role
Are you an experienced and compassionate Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? Were looking for a motivated Band 6 Childrens Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and dedicated paediatric team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
Are you interested in developing your career as a Childrens Occupational Therapist? This might be the opportunity you are looking for?
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit 2 full-time permanent Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team. We will consider a band 5 to 6 development post for the right candidate.
This is an amazing career opportunity to work with children and young people with a wide range of developmental, neurological, and physical needs. You will play a vital role in enabling children to achieve their potential and participate fully in everyday activities at home, in school, and out in the community.
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Childrens Therapy Team offers evidence-based interventions for children and young people from birth to 19 with additional needs impacting on their development or ability to engage in childhood occupations. We provide input into a range of health, community and educational settings. Our team provides services into contracts supported by Wakefield district council and there will be opportunities to work within these contracts.
Please note that the interview for this post will hold on 24th June 2025.
Main duties of the job
Main duties
To support the delivery of a specialised Occupational Therapy service within the Childrens Therapy Service utilising in-depth theoretical and technical skills
To independently manage a caseload of patients age 0-19 years with complex needs within the Childrens Therapy Service using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to minimise disability and maximise independence for independent living.
To provide leadership, supervision, and appraisal for junior and non-qualified staff and students
To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services within the Childrens Therapy Service, holding responsibility for defined projects
To fulfil contractual requirements of Service Level Agreements with external agencies to ensure integrated working of health, education and social care systems to meet the needs of children and young people.
To understand and apply the Occupational Therapy process in the effective self-management of a caseload within the Childrens Therapy Service, assessing and mitigating risk, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits to enable service users in components of self-care, productivity and leisure.
To know the professional and personal scope of own practice and make referral to other agencies.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties
- To support the delivery of a specialised Occupational Therapy service within the Children’s Therapy Service utilising in-depth theoretical and technical skills
- To independently manage a caseload of patients age 0-19 years with complex needs within the Children’s Therapy Service using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to minimise disability and maximise independence for independent living.
- To provide leadership, supervision, and appraisal for junior and non-qualified staff and students
- To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services within the Children’s Therapy Service, holding responsibility for defined projects
- To fulfil contractual requirements of Service Level Agreements with external agencies to ensure integrated working of health, education and social care systems to meet the needs of children and young people.
- To understand and apply the Occupational Therapy process in the effective self-management of a caseload within the Children’s Therapy Service, assessing and mitigating risk, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits to enable service users in components of self-care, productivity and leisure.
- To know the professional and personal scope of own practice and make referrals to other agencies.
- To demonstrate specialist knowledge and understanding of the key concepts of biological, physical, social, psychological, and clinical sciences in relation to occupational performance relevant to Children’s Therapy Service.
- To utilise and advise others on the range of standard and non-standardised Occupational Therapy assessments and techniques in areas of occupational performance (education, leisure, personal, domestic, environment) and skill deficits relevant to Children’s Occupational Therapy.
- To be responsible for the assessment, prescription and evaluation of specialist equipment and adaptations for children with multiple and complex needs.
- To demonstrate a detailed working knowledge of conditions affecting children and childhood occupations and current Occupational Therapy approaches to their treatment and apply a high level of knowledge of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the individuals social and physical environment.
- To be able to use research, clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills including activity analysis to identify the therapeutic benefit of client centred interventions and make professional judgements with individuals with diverse or complex needs, or multiple problems according to outcome, changes in patient needs and environmental influences.
- To use specialist knowledge, training, and experience to plan and implement client centred individual and/or group treatment programmes for children with complex needs.
- To be able to formulate specific and appropriate management plans including the setting of time scales to accurately prioritise needs with individuals and the multi-disciplinary team, in relation to available resources and professional demands.
- To monitor, analyse, evaluate, and modify the Occupational Therapy process and treatment in order to measure progress and ensure the effectiveness of interventions.
- Using highly specialised knowledge, carry out and supervise a variety of physical interventions that require a high level of physical and manual dexterity.
- To apply a high level of knowledge of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the individuals social and physical environment.
- To work alone in a variety of environments, including home and school, this may include confined and unhygienic spaces that could present a risk to personal health and safety.
- To deliver Occupational Therapy interventions to the children’s ward to facilitate safer discharges.
Key requirements
Dip COT or relevant OT Degree
Registration with HCPC
Experience of working as a Children’s Occupational Therapist with a range of ages, who present with physical and or sensory processing difficulties which impact on daily occupational performance skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties
- To support the delivery of a specialised Occupational Therapy service within the Children’s Therapy Service utilising in-depth theoretical and technical skills
- To independently manage a caseload of patients age 0-19 years with complex needs within the Children’s Therapy Service using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to minimise disability and maximise independence for independent living.
- To provide leadership, supervision, and appraisal for junior and non-qualified staff and students
- To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services within the Children’s Therapy Service, holding responsibility for defined projects
- To fulfil contractual requirements of Service Level Agreements with external agencies to ensure integrated working of health, education and social care systems to meet the needs of children and young people.
- To understand and apply the Occupational Therapy process in the effective self-management of a caseload within the Children’s Therapy Service, assessing and mitigating risk, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits to enable service users in components of self-care, productivity and leisure.
- To know the professional and personal scope of own practice and make referrals to other agencies.
- To demonstrate specialist knowledge and understanding of the key concepts of biological, physical, social, psychological, and clinical sciences in relation to occupational performance relevant to Children’s Therapy Service.
- To utilise and advise others on the range of standard and non-standardised Occupational Therapy assessments and techniques in areas of occupational performance (education, leisure, personal, domestic, environment) and skill deficits relevant to Children’s Occupational Therapy.
- To be responsible for the assessment, prescription and evaluation of specialist equipment and adaptations for children with multiple and complex needs.
- To demonstrate a detailed working knowledge of conditions affecting children and childhood occupations and current Occupational Therapy approaches to their treatment and apply a high level of knowledge of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the individuals social and physical environment.
- To be able to use research, clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills including activity analysis to identify the therapeutic benefit of client centred interventions and make professional judgements with individuals with diverse or complex needs, or multiple problems according to outcome, changes in patient needs and environmental influences.
- To use specialist knowledge, training, and experience to plan and implement client centred individual and/or group treatment programmes for children with complex needs.
- To be able to formulate specific and appropriate management plans including the setting of time scales to accurately prioritise needs with individuals and the multi-disciplinary team, in relation to available resources and professional demands.
- To monitor, analyse, evaluate, and modify the Occupational Therapy process and treatment in order to measure progress and ensure the effectiveness of interventions.
- Using highly specialised knowledge, carry out and supervise a variety of physical interventions that require a high level of physical and manual dexterity.
- To apply a high level of knowledge of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the individuals social and physical environment.
- To work alone in a variety of environments, including home and school, this may include confined and unhygienic spaces that could present a risk to personal health and safety.
- To deliver Occupational Therapy interventions to the children’s ward to facilitate safer discharges.
Key requirements
Dip COT or relevant OT Degree
Registration with HCPC
Experience of working as a Children’s Occupational Therapist with a range of ages, who present with physical and or sensory processing difficulties which impact on daily occupational performance skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- "Please click 'apply now' to view the full job specification (there is no obligation to submit an application)
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.
