Occupational Therapist wanted within the Children and Young People Disability Service (CYPDS) in Kingston & Richmond. The client offers a full-time contract with an opportunity to work from home, a fair and manageable caseload and further training in your portfolio. The vacancy will be for an initial 3 - 6 months with potential for extension.
Main Duties for the Children's Occupational Therapist includes.
To assess the needs of disabled children/young people.
Passionate about and/or have experience in working as an OT in paediatrics.
Working knowledge of child development, neuro-development and childhood occupations.
Able to plan and prioritise workload, demonstrate initiative through being consistently solution focused.
Skilled in assessment planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, complying with professional and service standards and working as an autonomous practitioner.
Able to prepare clearly written reports for use by multiple agencies.
Knowledge, training and experience of a using range of therapeutic techniques and approaches, including non-standardised and standardised assessments.
Knowledge/experience of physical and developmental disabilities and their impact on occupational performanceTo Be Successful.
Previous experience working as an Children's Occupational Therapist.
The candidate must have experience in training carers/families.
Must be able to hit the ground running and doesn't need upskilling.
HCPC Registration.
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