A Paediatric Occupational Therapist is required to provide Occupational Therapy for children and young people with significant disability and complex health needs aged 0 to 18 years. The team provides a service to Early Years children, mainstream schools, and special schools to support children and young people who have significant functional difficulties in the areas of self-care skills, school occupations (e.g. use of tools and equipment), mobility, and posture due to a complex, severe, or enduring physical and/or developmental condition which significantly affects their ability to achieve potential in terms of activities of daily living.
As a Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you will work in a range of settings:
1. As an autonomous practitioner, providing high-quality paediatric occupational therapy to support children and young people with disabilities to achieve their potential.
2. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support children and young people's occupational therapy needs and provide specialist advice to other disciplines.
3. You will carry a specialist caseload of children and young people with a variety of complex physical, learning, and social needs and be responsible for writing reports for EHCP and MDT assessments/reviews.
4. As part of the role, you will contribute to the supervision of students on clinical placement and support workers who are working with children and young people on your caseload.
Qualifications:
* Diploma/BSc/Graduate Diploma/MSc in Occupational Therapy.
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Additional short specialist courses relevant to your own clinical area and documented evidence of CPD (maintained portfolio).
Skills and Experience:
* Experience of clinical assessment and intervention as an Occupational Therapist.
* 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, demonstrating 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 using a range of therapeutic techniques and approaches, including non-standardised and standardised assessments.
* Knowledge/experience of physical and developmental disabilities and their impact on occupational performance.
* Experience in participating in clinical audits/research.
* Able to communicate sensitive, condition-related information to clients using empathy and reassurance and able to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
* Able to provide and implement OT programmes within a specialist field and work collaboratively to upskill school staff and caregivers through training, sharing advice, and strategies to support the child/young person.
* Supervision of students and/or support/junior staff.
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