Prior's Court is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join us on site in Hermitage. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a clinical caseload of autistic young people with complex needs, enabling them to live healthy, happy and independent lives after leaving Prior's Court.
- Manage a caseload of autistic young people (YP) with complex needs, including assessment, implementation and review of therapy input to ensure progress.
- Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret findings from both standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify a young person’s occupational strengths and needs.
- Use of the therapy wave model (Specialist, Targeted, Universal) to manage and review caseload to ensure therapy input is meeting the young person’s needs.
- Provide specialist intervention using evidence-based therapy approaches individualised to meet YP’s needs in the areas of (not an exhaustive list) emotional regulation, sensory processing and/or fine/gross motor skills.
- Contribution to the annual review process by providing high quality written reports, assessment, review of EHCP targets and attending annual review meetings (as appropriate).
- Contribute and/or lead in the planning and delivering of training to develop the knowledge and skills of others in the areas of autism and occupational therapy.
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