Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working within a multidisciplinary team of speech therapists and occupational 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.

Advising and supporting local schools / settings with children and young people with Occupational Therapy Needs, including a possible cohort with ASD or PMLD to manage their caseload to ensure that intended outcomes are delivered within agreed service standards.

Raising awareness of the needs of and strategies available for children and young people with OT Needs.

Principal Accountabilities

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.

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.

Contributing to professional advice regarding the statutory assessment and annual review process both in Sutton and in out-of-borough settings if necessary.

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.

To recommend, provide or advise on provision of equipment and take responsibility for demonstrating its usage and training clients/carers.

To undertake risk assessment in complex moving and handling situations where appropriate i.e. provision of equipment identified for the school environment.

To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders.

To liaise and establish communication networks with the multidisciplinary team, external voluntary and statutory organisations as appropriate in planning for child or young persons treatment.

Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum.

Maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g., parents, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice.

Promote robust transition arrangements for pupils with Occupational Therapy needs including: Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people.

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.

To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required.

To contribute to formulating policies for specialist area and proposals for general service changes.

As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.

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.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise and deliver results to high standards
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Leads others by setting a positive example in line with company values and acts as a role model
• 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

Experience

Essential

• Experience as a paediatric occupational therapist

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cognus Limited

Address

Cognus Ltd

Railway Approach

Wallington

Surrey

SM6 0DZ

Employer's website

https://cognus.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)