Overview
and Responsibilities
Occupational Therapist – Aurora Woodlands/Brooklands/Keyes Barn School
Location: Darwen, Leyland, Preston
Salary: £,. to £,. pro rata (£,.-£,. actual pay) - depending on skills, experience and qualifications
Hours: hrs per week, Term Time Only
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities with an ambitious growth plan.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to work as part of a therapy team in our North West Aurora Schools. Aurora Brooklands, Keyes Barn and Woodlands Schools provide flexible day placements for students aged 5 to years with communication and associated difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning.
This is an exciting new post that has been created to develop and embed our therapy offer to young people.
Key duties of the role include:
1. Work closely with the SENCo and wider therapy team to ensure the delivery of high quality children’s healthcare and therapy at Woodlands, Brooklands & Keyes Barn
2. Closely work with families and outside agencies to ensure that therapy is appropriate to children’s
3. Undertake autonomous assessments of children with a wide range of additional needs, including autistic spectrum conditions, sensory and attachment difficulties within the setting of a specialist school.
4. Analyse and interpret assessments to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each child
5. Support individual development and care plans and assist individuals in accordance with their needs and wishes, particularly their activities of daily living, self-care, productivity and leisure
6. Formulate, evaluate and review individualised occupational therapy treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment options to formulate a specialised programme of
7. Be responsible for the maintenance of accurate written records in line with professional code of
8. To be highly competent in assessing a wide range of conditions experienced by children with complex needs based on advance theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology, often in situations where conflicting evidence is present
A full and detailed job description is available here;
Please email Carl in the Recruitment Team at>
Skills and Qualifications
Experience and Qualifications required:
9. Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy – Essential
10. HCPC Registration – Essential
11. Ability to demonstrate and commit to continual professional development
12. Previous experience in an occupational therapy role
13. Experience of Multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency working
14. Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of children by advanced clinical reasoning
15. Knowledge of the management of children who have autistic spectrum conditions, sensory needs and attachment difficulties, including evidence based strategies.
16. Previous experience in a CAMHS or ASC occupational therapy role – Desirable
17. Previous experience in a paediatric or special school occupational therapy role – Desirable
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
18. Training and Development
Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
19. Save money on your bills!!
With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
20. Competitive Pay and Reward
Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.
21. UK Health Cash Plan
This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
22. Employee Assistance Programme
Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available /7.
23. Refer a friend for £1,
We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
How to apply?
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Carl in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at>Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 4 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.