Application deadline: 27-October-2024
Salary: £35,617 - £43,027 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits
About Us:
Pontville School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education. With a record of continual outstanding Ofsted results, the school based in Ormskirk is regarded by many as the first choice for speech, language and social communication in the UK.
Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.
As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.
Our Occupational Therapists work collaboratively within our schools and children’s homes, ensuring that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care, and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training, and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.
What We Offer:
* Training: A full induction and on-the-job training.
* Holiday: Full school holidays including bank holidays.
* Clinical Development: A leading programme of clinical learning and development.
* Flexible Benefits: Options to increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance.
* Wellbeing: A host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance.
* Medical Cover: Claim back the cost of opticians or dentist appointments and access to high-street discounts.
* Beautiful Working Environments: With the very best facilities.
* A recommend-a-friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time.
Who We Are Looking For:
* Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC.
* Have experience and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
* Experience supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure clinically informed living and learning environments.
* Be a confident, engaging, and effective model, guide, leader, and trainer.
* Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative.
* Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people.
This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments, you will be offered the support, resources, and platform to do great things.
Interested in Joining Us?
Our young people deserve the best possible future, and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.
The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
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