Band 7 Children’s Occupational Therapy Job Advert
Job Overview
We are a friendly, supportive, OTteam who report high levels of job satisfaction. We offer a professionally led service with direct support from an OT Clinical Lead Specialist, good working relationships with the MDT, monthly in-service team training, effective supervision and External Training opportunities through the Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist who wishes to develop specialist skills in Paediatrics within a dynamic team. We are looking for a creative, friendly and enthusiastic OT to join our established Children’s Team. We are located near Enfield Town, with easy commuter links from central London/Hertfordshire.
You will work within the service visiting children and young people in mainstream and special school settings providing their OT as specified in their EHCP’s and assessing new children referred to SEN OT. You will also hold a small community caseload as well as having the opportunity to facilitate training and groups sessions to schools and families. The service is committed to evidence-based input and offer CO-OP, M-CIMT, Parent Coaching & Community leisure groups within our pathways of care.
Part time, job share or term time only will be considered.
To provide a high standard Occupational Therapy service to children aged 0-25 years referred to the SEN OT by Enfield Local Educational Authority Special Educational Needs Service.
To be responsible for a defined caseload of children with specified OT in their EHCP within mainstream schools/nurseries as well as home educated children, out of borough provision and specified settings if requested. To provide second opinions on EHCP OT provision as requested by Enfield SEN and to take the lead in SEN Tribunals where OT is contested. To lead on the development of quality EHCP assessments and provision within the OT team and develop clinical expertise within this specialist area. To work closely with SEN caseworkers/SEN team and provide a link between the two services.
To contribute to and lead on aspects of planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Children’s Occupational Therapy Service. To contribute to and lead on specified service improvements in relation to the SEN OT post and quality initiatives within the team.
To provide high quality child centred, occupationally focused assessment and intervention to disabled children and children with additional needs. To support the team with implementing evidence-based treatment approaches and good practice guidelines in relation to SEN.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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· To manage the SEN OT caseload of children and young people with a range of needs including those with complex disabilities, providing occupationally focused assessment and intervention.
· To act as an expert advisor and practitioner in Children’s OT providing second opinions if OT provision in an EHCP is contested.
· Be the Lead OT for SEND appeals and tribunal legal processes, with specialist knowledge of complex cases within an educational context. To work closely with the SEN Team by contributing to appeals as a an expert witness where OT provision is contested
· To develop and maintain specialist knowledge of the EHCP process and appropriate legislation, to become the lead on EHCPs and the SEND Code of Practice within the OT team.
· To work with the Clinical Lead OT on quality assurance regarding OT input into EHCPs. Specifically developing the quality of the OT team’s EHCP assessments and reports.
· Be the point of contact for the SEN Team for OT queries and advice in relation to OT provision in EHCPs.
· Upon agreement with the Local Authority and OT clinical lead, to hold a community caseload to ensure continuation of CPD for the SEN Post holder; at these times, part of the SEN OT caseload will be covered by NHS OT.
· Provision of highly specialist advice and intervention for a client group with complex physical, social, mental health and cognitive disabilities.
· To set occupationally focused intervention goals with children and/or their parents/carers and schools that are child centred and agreed by the child and/or their parents/carers and school staff.
· To set and maintain high standards of clinical practice, which is evidence based, and includes outcome measures to monitor achievement of person centred goals.
· To work within an occupational frame of reference.
To demonstrate the ability to analyse the interplay of the child, environment and activity when assessing the child’s level of functioning and identifyingappropriate strategies and intervention to facilitate and enhance participation in self-care, school and play/leisure.
This advert closes on Friday 11 Apr 2025