Occupational Therapist - Serenity School

Job summary

Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist looking to embark on a rewarding career, where you are supported in everything you do? If so, join Serenity School and give your career the best start.

You will work 38.5 hours a week alongside the multidisciplinary team, a service, which offers a range of therapies for young people with social, emotional, and mental health illness.

We would also consider part time.

Working alongside our residential Therapy teams, you will provide comprehensive occupational therapy assessments to support service users to build a brighter future.

You will be responsible for planning and facilitating needs-led and evidence-based group and individual programmes, where you will create individual rapports and identify service users needs.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities

* Plan and regularly review appropriate OT treatment programmes

* Attend and actively contribute to case review meetings, working collaboratively with staff colleagues in the planning and delivery of treatment programme

* Participate in the planning, evaluation and audit of practices, clinical pathways, and protocols in the services

* Adhere to a timetable of sessions which equates to a minimum of 20 hours per week as per the needs of the service

To be successful in this role, you will need:

* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

* Affiliated Registration

* Understanding young people with SEMH and ASD

* Evidence of ability to research, plan, implement and evaluate a project for a specific patient group

* Experience of working with a similar caseload

* Experience of providing Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment What you will get:

* The equivalent of 28 days annual leave plus school holidays = 14 weeks off per year

* Wellbeing support and activities

* Career development and training Pension contribution

About us

We are a unique provision following a holistic approach to education and childhood development. We cater to pupils with a range of learning needs, and we pride ourselves on our persistent pursuit of excellence for each child, from enrolment to graduation.

Serenity was formed to promote individual and collective INCLUSION, INDEPENDENCE and SELF WORTH. We do this by way of our SOCIO-EDUCATION Model that runs through the very core of our 3 Tier Curriculum which guarantees outcomes for each child in five key aspects of their learning. Each child is therefore supported to make meaningful and measurable Academic, SEND, Engagement, Enrichment and Therapeutic progress during their time with us, ensuring that they leave us with the skills and qualifications they need to be able make positive contributions to the society.

At Serenity School, we Care, Value and Challenge every member of our school community (Students and staff) to be the best version of themselves, and to always look to improve in the 5 areas of Self Effectiveness:

We Look after ourselves

We look after each other

We look after our learning

We look after our school, community, our world

We look after our future