Job summary
Come and join us to work within an exciting service across the city of Birmingham, working alongside education and local authority partners, supporting a graduated approach to help children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
We are delighted to be able to offer committed, experienced and dynamic individuals the opportunity to join our friendly and forward-thinking children's community therapy service. These are newly created posts due to development within our growing team.
Main duties of the job
To provide Occupational Therapy at a specialist level, functioning in partnership with other agencies and disciplines to support the SEND Locality team in the early identification of need.To work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, to deliver specialist interventions according to the agreed service packages of care and pathways providing early intervention for children and young people.
To contribute towards ensuring children and young people with additional needs gain access to a broad, balanced and relevant education, whilst also having their exceptional needs met in an inclusive a way as possible.
About us
- The OT and SEND services work as part of Inclusion Services within the Children and Families Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We work across the whole City, within a range of community and educational settings, thus requiring successful applicants to demonstrate a high level of flexibility
- We value our staff and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our staff to contribute to service development, and we welcome and value new ideas and experiences.
We offer a supportive working environment with access to specialist clinical support, and an emphasis on sharing good practice through effective team working
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people. Enable and empower staff, parents/caregivers to identify childrens needs and provide strategies to help at the earliest opportunity. Provide training and bespoke coaching to children and young people, early years/ school staff and parents/caregivers. Consult and work collaboratively with children and young people, parents, caregivers and school staff to problem solve functional difficulties Attend regular meetings with staff from the SEND Locality teams to support early identification of need, ensuring specialist help though locality forums. Negotiate with multi-disciplinary team colleagues and carers with reference to management of complex cases, including instigating referrals as appropriate Use specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decision making Undertake differential diagnosis of cases and contribute to overall decision-making for complex clients with a range of disorders as part of a team approach Advise other professionals and parents/carers on the appropriate type and level of support needed to develop skills in the home / school environment. Assess, provide and monitor the use of therapeutic equipment as required. This will involve liaising with other agencies, teaching parents or carers about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment to enable its safe use
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people. Enable and empower staff, parents/caregivers to identify childrens needs and provide strategies to help at the earliest opportunity. Provide training and bespoke coaching to children and young people, early years/ school staff and parents/caregivers. Consult and work collaboratively with children and young people, parents, caregivers and school staff to problem solve functional difficulties Attend regular meetings with staff from the SEND Locality teams to support early identification of need, ensuring specialist help though locality forums. Negotiate with multi-disciplinary team colleagues and carers with reference to management of complex cases, including instigating referrals as appropriate Use specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decision making Undertake differential diagnosis of cases and contribute to overall decision-making for complex clients with a range of disorders as part of a team approach Advise other professionals and parents/carers on the appropriate type and level of support needed to develop skills in the home / school environment. Assess, provide and monitor the use of therapeutic equipment as required. This will involve liaising with other agencies, teaching parents or carers about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment to enable its safe use
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- degree level qualification in Occupational Therapy
- oHCPC Licence to practice
- oFull Membership of Professional body,
- oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
- oRelevant training in specialist area
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- oCompetent in using evidence base to inform clinical decisions and best practice
- oCompetent in critically appraising new developments in specialist area and apply to own practice and to service
- oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services
- oKnowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
- oCompetent in supporting the collection and analysis of data, critiquing research to contribute to service development, planning and management
Personal qualities
Essential
- oAbility to prioritise own workload and has insight into own coping strategies
- oAbility to reflect on clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes
- oAbility to work collaboratively with staff at all levels within the boundaries of the role and clinical competence
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention
- oSignificant experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
- Experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people
- oExperience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- oRelevant experience of supporting service development
- oExperience of delivering successful/effective training to a range of qualified professionals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- degree level qualification in Occupational Therapy
- oHCPC Licence to practice
- oFull Membership of Professional body,
- oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
- oRelevant training in specialist area
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- oCompetent in using evidence base to inform clinical decisions and best practice
- oCompetent in critically appraising new developments in specialist area and apply to own practice and to service
- oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services
- oKnowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
- oCompetent in supporting the collection and analysis of data, critiquing research to contribute to service development, planning and management
Personal qualities
Essential
- oAbility to prioritise own workload and has insight into own coping strategies
- oAbility to reflect on clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes
- oAbility to work collaboratively with staff at all levels within the boundaries of the role and clinical competence
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention
- oSignificant experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
- Experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people
- oExperience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- oRelevant experience of supporting service development
- oExperience of delivering successful/effective training to a range of qualified professionals
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
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).
