Our client has a superb Occupational Therapist Permanent vacancy in one of their Schools, to provide specialist Occupational therapist services to children 3:18 yrs attending the school.
J800004311
Occupational Therapist Permanent
Location: Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Salary: up to GBP40,000 D.O.E
Hours: Term time only
Client Group: Working in schools with learners with profound learning difficulties. (School Experience)
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Travelling is required between the school in Buckinghamshire during term time and the clinic in Surrey in holidays.
Children attending the school are a neurodiverse group with severe, profound and complex disabilities.
Job Role:
* The therapist will be involved in assessment
* Report writing
* Formulation of appropriate intervention plans for children referred by school
* Will work holistically with families and multi: disciplinary therapy team to ensure child centred care.
* You will be supported in your role by a multi: disciplinary therapy assistant
* To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a clinical workload
* To undertake assessments of children, using both standardised and non:standardised assessments reports.
* To demonstrate clinical reasoning and the ability to interpret assessments data and write clinical assessments reports
* To devise child /family centred treatment plans through use of goal attainment scaling, considering a wide range of treatment techniques and grading activities to ensure that the individuals full potential is developed or maintained
* To conduct 1:1 and small group treatment sessions in school.
* To provide a high level of clinical keeping
* Provide an effective high:quality service to all children and families
* To communicate effectively with the multi : disciplinary team to promote the safety of children and the management of risk.
Client Requirement:
* Recognised Diploma /Degree in Occupational Therapist
* Health Professional Council : Licence to Practice
* Evidence of successful completion of a range of other short courses at post graduate level
* Evidence of Attendance at other specialist course relevant to paediatrics
* Clinical experience of wide range of paediatric work in clinical or education settings
* Co:ordination of intervention planning in paediatrics
* Clinical experience of working with children with a wide range of needs including Autistic spectrum disorders, Dyspraxia, Sensory Processing Disorders and neurological disorders.
In return client Offers:
* Career progression
* Support
* Excellent salary package
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