Lead Sensory Integration Occupational Therapist (Band 7)

Job summary

Are you passionate about working with children who have encountered a difficult and traumatic start to life? Do you want to make a real difference to adopted and care-experienced young people? We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic Lead for our Sensory Integration team to guide the expansion of our service and meet the growing need of our service users for high quality assessments and interventions.

We recognise the crucial role sensory integration can have in achieving good outcomes for the children and families we support and having got our sensory package established, we need the right person to help us grow and develop it.

You will work closely with our existing SI OTs and team of Psychologists and Therapists to offer multi-disciplinary assessments of attachment and sensory needs for children. You may also be offering consultations to families regarding their childs sensory needs and there is scope to offer direct work to children and families as well as consultation and training to the wider network.

The Child Psychology Service (TCPS) CIC is a not-for-profit organisation whose aim is to provide caring, therapeutic, psychological support to children and their families. We provide a free-at-the-point-of-access service to families and deliver training and consultations to partner organisations. We work closely with our colleagues in the NHS and social care to provide specialist, therapeutic assessments and interventions.

Main duties of the job

• To lead our team of Sensory Intergration OTs
• To develop and expand the scope of our current SI OT offer
• To expand the SI knowledge base and expertise within the TCPS team as a whole
• Provide high-quality sensory integration assessments and therapy to children & their families
• To provide high-quality, effective sensory therapies to children
• Provide high quality, succinct assessment reports, which guide interventions
• To deliver SI parent consultations
• Provide high quality, succinct evaluation reports, which demonstrate effectiveness of interventions
• To build & maintain relationships with children and their families and the professional networks around them
• Provide consultation & training to professionals in relation to their work with children and their families
• Communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to promote the safety of children and the management of risk
• Maintain the high reputation of the service
• Work with the team to develop new areas of service provision e.g. consultation to Residential Homes, training to schools etc
• Work within the needs of a social enterprise
• Ensure that work is of high quality
• Reach productivity targets required to sustain the service
• Play an active role in promoting and advocating for the service
• Ensure that all TCPS policies & procedures are understood and put into practice
• Attend & actively participate in staff development sessions, team meetings, individual or group supervision, clinical supervision and other meetings

About us

The Child Psychology Service (TCPS) is a Social Enterprise that has been established for thirteen years & is built with therapeutic principles guiding its structure from the inside out. TCPS has built a strong reputation of effectiveness and compassion as demonstrated by what our clients and commissioners say about us and our Outstanding Ofsted status (see our website).

What we can offer

• Full & part-time hours considered
• A mixture of both face-to-face work in your local area (West or East Midlands) and online work nationally
• A dedicated SI clinic space at both bases
• Opportunities to train in attachment-informed approaches e.g. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), SAI
• Regular in-house supervision from a psychologist plus specialist SI focussed supervision
• Monthly journal club
• An opportunity to specialise in attachment and developmental trauma
• Competitive salary linked to NHS A4C pay scales; 26 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and the option to purchase up to five additional days (FTE); maternity packages, & a pension scheme
• Being part of a friendly, happy & dedicated team where staff wellbeing is a priority and you can manage your own workload
• A role where people say this about working here: It is so satisfying working with families that are motivated and engaged. TCPS really cares for its children and families
• The opportunity to work for an organisation rated OUTSTANDING by Ofsted