Employer Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Chalkhill Primary Care Centre Town London Salary £34,521 - £41,956 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 23/07/2025 23:59
Children's Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Brent Children’s and Young People’s Occupational Therapy Team. We are looking for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to work full time.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual who enjoys working with children and developing new skills.
Your role will be to provide assessment, advice, and treatment to children with a range of needs including coordination, developmental, physical functional, sensory and sensory motor needs either in 1:1 input, groups or integrated MDT groups. The role will include work within a local clinic, schools and supporting families across Brent.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with established multi-professional teams within Brent Community Services and with outside services to deliver occupational therapy advice and treatment meeting the needs of children and young people across Brent including delivering EHCP treatment in line with The Children’s Act 2014.
You will have had experience of working with children in the community and/or educational settings or similar.
You should be able to evidence excellent team working and communication skills and have a passion for management and leadership.
You will receive support from a line manager and receive in house training as part of the role. There is a strong ethos of clinical support and supervision within the team.
This role will develop your knowledge and skills working with children with communication difficulties and is valuable experience for anyone wishing to develop their career in this area.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
* Flexible working options
* Training, support and development in your career
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To maintain, nurture and support working relationships with all staff. Specific responsibilities in relation to the Children’s Occupational Therapy Service, Locality Managers and the Integrated team colleagues of all professions including the Multidisciplinary team, external and voluntary statutory organisations.
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent Diploma/Qualification in OT
* Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
* Expertise in the specialist field of paediatrics incorporating a wide range of theory and evidence-based practise.
* Member of professional body; RCOT
* Attendance at workshops / seminars in paediatric OT
* An up-to-date professional portfolio demonstrating reflective learning especially within the neurological field
Experience
* Experience of working with people with a wide range of permanent disabilities and short-term illness
* Experience in working with clients with neurological impairment Experience working with tertiary or voluntary community-based services
* Experience working with clients from diverse cultures
* Understanding of cultural differences and their impact on OT provision
* Experience in working with children
* Experience working as an occupational therapy assistant.
* Experience of working in health/social care in the community
* Experience with the NHS patient information database (e.g.EMIS, SystmOne, RiO).
* Qualification in working with children
* Experience of planning and running groups
* Work in special and mainstream schools
* Experience of psychosocial aspects of working with families of children with disabilities
Skills & Knowledge
* Basic knowledge of the developmental stages of children and young people
* An ability to use clinical and ethical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret assessment findings, plan and evaluate intervention programme
* Basic knowledge of common medical conditions and a basic understanding of their impact on functional ability
* Basic knowledge of legislation relating to child health and education.
* Ability to reflect on clinical practise and experience
* An understanding of the boundaries of the Occupational Therapist role
* Clear & concise written skills with competency in IT skills for video calls, reports, advice/activity suggestions and internet use to access Occupational Therapy related information
* Candidates should have emotional integrity and demonstrate ability to cope with difficult/highly emotive situations.
* Ability to problem solve, organise, prioritise and demonstrate sound judgement
* Good interpersonal skills and ability to adapt.
* Good understanding of family-centred practice.
* Experience of teaching/ presentation skills appropriate for teaching professionals and peers in an in-service training setting
* Basic patient/carer assessment skills.
* Knowledge of multi-agency services available and processes for referral
Key Attributes
* Good organisational skills, ability to prioritise work, and time management
* Ability to manage own caseload and skill level
* A commitment to ongoing learning
* Appropriate level of physical fitness to perform the job (as outlined in the job description) with or without adaptations
* Ability to assess a situation, identifying any risk or potential problem and act appropriately. Able to accurately report and feedback information to colleagues and others both verbally and in writing.
* Understanding of the principles of confidentiality
* Ability to cope with uncertainty and change
* Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
* Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
* Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post
* Experience of teaching/presenting to professionals, colleagues or carers
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.
Name Samantha Westrop Job title Team Lead Email address samantha.westrop3@nhs.net Telephone number 07391065149 Additional information
Christina Ioannou
Clinical Services Manager - Brent Children Specialist Services
Tel: 07554111782
Email: christina.ioannou@nhs.net
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