Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) inWallington inWallington PUBLISHED WED 20 DEC 2023

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 Assessment

• 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.
• Contributing to professional advice regarding the statutory assessment and annual review process both in Sutton and in out-of-borough settings if necessary.
• Maintainingeffective 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.

Treatment and Provision

• 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

• To recommend, provide or advise on provision of equipment and take responsibility for demonstrating its usage and training clients/carers.

• To undertake risk assessment in complex moving and handling situations where appropriate i.e. provision of equipment identified for the school environment.

• To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders.
• Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum.
• Promote robust transition arrangements for pupils with Occupational Therapy needs including: Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people.

Education 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.
• To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required. To contribute to formulating policies for specialist area and proposals for general service changes.
• As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.
• 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.

To contribute to collaborative working between all specialist SEN teams by:

• Attending and contributing to Team meetings.
• Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for children and young people with Occupational Therapy Needs.

Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist

Term Time Only or Full time: 37 hours per week

Salary: Cognus Band 3 to 4, £42,301.88 to £50,245.12 (1 FTE) including HCAS

Locations: London Borough of Sutton, Sherwood Park School, Sherwood Hill Campus

Are you looking for a job in paediatric practice?

Do you want to be part of a large trans-disciplinary team of dedicated teaching staff, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists and wellbeing practitioners helping children aged 4-19 years with complex needs?

Do you have a passion for working with children, a growth mindset and are confident, enthusiastic, calm, and adaptable? We welcome you to apply to join our team.

• Working within a multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists the post holder will have the opportunity to work in local schools and colleges across the 4 years to 25 years age range or with a smaller age range within this.
• Advising and supporting a range of schools/settings with children and young people with Occupational Therapy Needs (OT Needs) including a possible cohort with ASD, or PMLD to manage their caseload to ensure that intended outcomes are delivered within agreed service standards.
• Raising awareness of the needs of and strategies available for children and young people with OT Needs.