To personally undertake a case load of referrals to include: Visiting and assessing children and young people with OT Needs. To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support. Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis. Advice and treatment for children and young people with functional difficulties and sensory processing needs.
Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level. Maintaining children/young peoples records to a high standard. Specific Duties: To advise and support school staff on the education of children and young people with OT Needs including: Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of occupational therapy provision required in line with service criteria. At the point of referral gathering relevant information regarding previous and current input from health and social care services.
Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on access to education. Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care and advise on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum. Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers Maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g. parents/carers, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice.
To monitor and record child or young person's progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders. Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people. Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum. To attend and contribute to team meetings as required.
Training and Development Responsibility To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users. Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for children and young people with OT needs. To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required. To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed.
To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements. As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.