Job summary
Are you looking
for a job in paediatric practice?
Do you want to be part of a large trans-disciplinary team of
dedicated teaching staff, occupational therapists, speech & language
therapists and wellbeing practitioners helping children aged 4-19 years with
complex needs?
Do you have a passion for working with children, a growth mindset
and are confident, enthusiastic, calm, and adaptable? We welcome you to apply
to join our team.
We have an
exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our therapy
team at Sherwood Manor Campus.
We offer:
A friendly,
supportive and collaborative working environment
The opportunity
to deliver a wide range of evidence based interventions with your caseload and develop
highly specialist assessment and intervention skills
Onsite support
from an enthusiastic and dedicated team of experienced therapy and teaching
staff
Regular
supervision, continued professional development (including preceptorship) and
training
The ideal candidate will have:
A wish to work
with children of all ages with complex needs
A growth mindset
Confidence,
enthusiasm and a passion for learning
The ability to
work as part of an integrated team of professionals
Main duties of the job
1. Working within a multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists
and Speech Therapists, the post holder will have the opportunity to work in
local schools and colleges across the 4 years to 25 years age range or with a
smaller age range within this.
2. Advising and supporting a range of schools/settings with children
and young people with Occupational Therapy Needs (OT Needs) including a
possible cohort with ASD, or PMLD to manage their caseload to ensure that
intended outcomes are delivered within agreed service standards.
3. Raising awareness of the needs of and strategies available for
children and young people with OT Needs.
About us
Cognus Limited
is a Local Authority Traded Company, which is commissioned by the London
Borough of Sutton to provide education services to early years providers,
mainstream schools and specialist education settings in Sutton. Wholly owned by
the local authority, we deliver a wide range of high-quality services to
deliver excellent practice that improve the lives of children, young people,
and families in Sutton and beyond.
We offer an excellent package including:
- Workplace pension scheme 4% to 8%
matched contributions
- 28 days annual leave pro rata plus Bank
Holidays
- Regular manager support and supervision
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Staff benefits package, currently
including Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox and (upon completion of
probation) Sovereign Healthcare Cashback plans[Cognus reserves the right to adjust these
additional discretionary benefits to improve quality of their services
provided, maintain affordability for the Company and to ensure benefits remain
fit for purpose with staff needs.]
- Staff EDI group and Mental Health First Aiders to support
wellbeing and inclusion
- Cognus Coaching Programmes
- An ambitious culture with friendly and supportive colleagues
We also offer the following benefits for this
post:
-
Access to highly skilled clinical leads
-
Access to a wide range of clinical resources
-
Complete preceptorship programme with highly skilled clinical supervisors
-
RCOT and HCPC registrations paid
Job description
Job responsibilities
To personally undertake a case load of referrals to include:
- Visiting and assessing children and young people with OT Needs.
- To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support.
- Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis.
- Advice and treatment for children and young people with functional difficulties and sensory processing needs.
- Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level.
- Maintaining children/young peoples records to a high standard.
Specific Duties:
To advise and support school staff on the education of children and young people with OT Needs including:
- Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of occupational therapy provision required in line with service criteria.
- At the point of referral gathering relevant information regarding previous and current input from health and social care services.
- Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on access to education.
- Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care and advise on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.
- Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers
- Maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g. parents/carers, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice.
- To monitor and record child or young person's progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders.
Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people.
Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum.
To attend and contribute to team meetings as required.
Training and Development Responsibility
- To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users.
Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for children and young people with OT needs.
- To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required.
- To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed.
- To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements.
As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To personally undertake a case load of referrals to include:
- Visiting and assessing children and young people with OT Needs.
- To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support.
- Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis.
- Advice and treatment for children and young people with functional difficulties and sensory processing needs.
- Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level.
- Maintaining children/young peoples records to a high standard.
Specific Duties:
To advise and support school staff on the education of children and young people with OT Needs including:
- Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of occupational therapy provision required in line with service criteria.
- At the point of referral gathering relevant information regarding previous and current input from health and social care services.
- Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on access to education.
- Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care and advise on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.
- Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers
- Maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g. parents/carers, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice.
- To monitor and record child or young person's progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders.
Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people.
Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum.
To attend and contribute to team meetings as required.
Training and Development Responsibility
- To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users.
Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for children and young people with OT needs.
- To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required.
- To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed.
- To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements.
As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- - Educated to degree level or equivalent
- - Relevant qualifications including registration with HCPC
- - Ability to prioritise and deliver results to high standards
- - Excellent organisation skills
- - Excellent communication skills
- - Leads others by setting a positive example in line with company values and acts as a role model
- - Experience as a paediatric occupational therapist
- - Adherence to RCOT and HCPC policies and procedures
- - Is decisive with problem-solving skills
- - Is committed to safeguarding and protection of children
- - Honours and upholds the Company's Equal Opportunity Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children, Health and Safety and Data Protection Policy at all times.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- - Educated to degree level or equivalent
- - Relevant qualifications including registration with HCPC
- - Ability to prioritise and deliver results to high standards
- - Excellent organisation skills
- - Excellent communication skills
- - Leads others by setting a positive example in line with company values and acts as a role model
- - Experience as a paediatric occupational therapist
- - Adherence to RCOT and HCPC policies and procedures
- - Is decisive with problem-solving skills
- - Is committed to safeguarding and protection of children
- - Honours and upholds the Company's Equal Opportunity Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children, Health and Safety and Data Protection Policy at all times.
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).
