Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Our client has a Lead Occupational Therapist Permanent vacancy in Southwest London in their school.

J800007010
Lead Occupational Therapist Band 6/7 Permanent
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 D.O.E
Location: Southwest London
Hours : Full Time Monday to Friday 8.30 to 4.00pm + Mandatory Training until 5.00 pm one day per week
Flexibility regarding hours may be required

Client Group: Special School

This school is an independent co-educational ABA. day provision for pupils between the ages of 4 and 16, providing education for pupils who have an autistic spectrum disorder and related conditions. The Occupational Therapist will join a multi-disciplinary team of professionals includes speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, behaviour support specialists and teachers.

Job Role:
* Assessing and providing diagnoses and specialist advice on a range of occupational disorders to other professionals and families both internal and external to the organisation.
* Maintaining and using specialist clinical skills and knowledge in a range of occupational disorders to enable the supported management of a specialist caseload of pupils
* Planning appropriate therapeutic intervention, making judgements about type and timing of treatment in collaboration with education staff and school.
* Delivering group and individual therapy as required across a range of learning environments.
* Providing regular written and verbal advice, reports and therapy programmes to education staff, parents and other health professionals.
* Providing families with advice and training to support the management of intervention and ensure generalisation of targets.
* Evaluating treatment outcomes using a range of therapeutic and educational frameworks.
* Supporting learners to transition across settings and providing discharge reports to other settings.
* Managing a caseload whilst recognising own professional boundaries and accessing supervision, advice and support when necessary.
* Maintaining up to date and accurate case notes in line with professional standards and school policies.
* Collecting clinical data and writing reports for Annual Reviews and for other reports as required.
* E Supporting service improvements in collaboration with other therapists.
* Participating in regular service audits, e.g. of case notes and reports.
* Caring for and maintaining equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained..
* Taking responsibility for the line management of junior colleagues as appropriate
* Demonstrating clinical effectiveness by use of evidenced based practice and outcome measures.
* Recognising and demonstrating commitment to personal development and the acquisition of further skills and knowledge relating to clinical area.
* Identifying and attending relevant training and cascading this to relevant partners to ensure it links to current practice.
* Working with other therapists as required.
* Providing relevant in-service training to school staff and parents, via presentations and talks on topics related to the role of the speech and language therapist, communication and therapy.
* To reflect on and evaluate training provided.
* Managing own time appropriately and independently prioritising tasks in order to carry out clinically related administrative duties relevant to the caseload and operation of the school.

Requirement:
* Qualified Occupational Therapist
* HCPC Registerd
* Relevant Experience

Client Offers:
* Fantastic Salary
* Career Opportunity
* Excellent team to work with

For more information, please contact [email protected]