***Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible***
Are you a newly qualified OT? Or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about collaborative working with children in community settings? Then this maybe the post for you.
Candidates should be enthusiastic and have excellent communication skills. They should be motivated to develop their skills for the benefit of children and families .
To provide Occupational Therapy, functioning in partnership with other agencies and disciplines to support the early identification of need.
To work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, to deliver specialist interventions according to the agreed service packages of care and pathways providing early intervention for children and young people.
To contribute towards ensuring children and young people with additional needs gain access to a broad, balanced and relevant education, whilst also having their exceptional needs met in an inclusive a way as possible.
To participate in providing support and reassurance to parents and families; develop and maintain effective parent partnership working and delivering the provision of a professional development framework for the wider workforce.
To be responsible for the assessment and on-going therapeutic management of children in designated community and educational settings.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europes leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to Be Part of Our Team and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Clinical/ Professional Duties And Responsibilities
Work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, providing early intervention for children and young people.
Enable and empower staff, parents/caregivers to identify childrens needs and provide strategies to help at the earliest opportunity.
Provide training and bespoke coaching to children and young people, early years/school staff and parents/caregivers.
Consult and work collaboratively with children and young people, parents, caregivers and school staff to problem solve functional difficulties.
Participate in meetings with staff from the wider SEND locality teams, as required, to support early identification of need, ensuring specialist help though locality forums.
Use specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decision making.
Undertake differential diagnosis of cases and contribute to overall decision-making for complex cases supported by colleagues.
Advise other professionals and parents/carers on the appropriate type and level of support needed to develop skills in the home / school environment.
Assess, provide and monitor the use of therapeutic equipment as required. This will
involve liaising with other agencies, teaching parents or carers about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment to enable its safe use.
Using developed communication skills, explain complex and sensitive information from clinical assessment and therapy outcomes to clients, carers and multidisciplinary team members
To assess and reassess the needs of the child, analysing and interpreting the information gathered to provide a diagnosis or contribute to the diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan, supported by colleagues.
See JD and person specification for more information.
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