Specialist Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation
The role of Specialist Occupational Therapist will provide a high quality, evidence based occupational therapy service, which promotes participation and functional activity of children and young people accessing our neurorehabilitation services.
Our service delivery aims to promote outcome focussed interventions, safe care, function and participation of children and young people accessing home, school, and community life. You will deliver child and family focused, goal led interventions at a specialist level within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency setting.
Staff benefits include London weighting and shuttle bus.
Role Requirements
Clinical Skills and Responsibilities
* Provide high quality, evidence based occupational therapy provision for children and young people, in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and education services.
* Undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments of children with a range of needs including highly complex needs.
* Develop therapy goals, in collaboration and with the child and family/carers, as well as the MDT, to maximise recovery and facilitate the participation of the child in their daily life.
* Devise and carry out therapeutic interventions that are developmentally appropriate, goal directed, and occupation centred both in terms of means and outcome.
* Use observational and standardised outcome measures to monitor and evaluate each child’s progress and adjust intervention/programmes, as necessary.
* Contribute to the assessment of the child/young person’s upper limb and support provision of interventions to maintain or improve upper limb range and function where possible.
* Assess and advise on specialist equipment and liaise with social services and relevant others on its provision. This may be loaned equipment for use at The Children’s Trust or recommendations of equipment for long-term use on return to home.
* Assess, evaluate, and recommend discharge/transition plans for children/young people within the multidisciplinary team framework.
* Contribute to child related reports, including looked after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as required, in a timely manner and in line with organisational targets.
* Contribute to child related meetings, meetings with parents, MDT meetings, and liaison with external agencies where appropriate.
* Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal, professional and all other requirements of The Children’s Trust.
* Work flexibly in terms of hours, including the ability to work an early evening (weekly) and one weekend day, per calendar month.
* To undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail, possess excellent inter-personal skills, and be able to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
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