Paediatric Occupational Therapist Specialist-Flying Start/RFS in Tonypandy

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 7 Occupational Therapy post working within the Flying Start/Resilient Families Service (RFS) and aligned within the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Team in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB. The post holder will provide support and advice by working in partnership with key professionals in the RFS to ensure that:

• Children with sensory processing differences are meeting developmental milestones.
• Those individuals, including parents and professionals, can identify sensory processing differences and functional difficulties and respond to them appropriately.

The post holder will be based at Carnegie Clinic; however, they will be required to work across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) and Rhondda Cynon Taf sites. The successful applicant will need to be a team player, who is flexible in approach, resourceful and keen to demonstrate the distinctive contribution and added value that an Occupational Therapist can offer the multi-agency team. You will need excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in achieving wellbeing and positive health outcomes for children and young people. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. This post is permanent.

Main duties of the job:

• Ensure the provision of high-quality Occupational Therapy services to children and young people with a range of sensory processing differences referred to the RFS.
• Provide specialist assessment, treatment and advice for children and young people with a range of sensory processing differences and their families, using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Provide support and advice to Talk and Play and Childcare staff to develop bespoke interventions for children with sensory processing difficulties, respond to and support requests for opinion relating to sensory processing from Community Wellbeing & Resilience professionals.
• Visit childcare settings and schools as required to observe children open to the RFS and provide support and advice to childcare providers and teachers to ensure that a consistent approach is taken to meeting their identified sensory needs.
• Identify, provide, evaluate and report outcomes of a programme of training to various childcare settings, school staff and the wider Community Wellbeing and Resilience Service, to ensure children and young people receive an appropriate programme of intervention and support to improve their development and skills acquisition.
• Contribute to or lead service delivery and quality improvement, and develop skills and knowledge through participation in CPD development programmes and competency framework.

About us:

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve.
• We treat everyone with respect.
• We all work together as one team.

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities:

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Welsh Skills Desirable:

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This does not mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

Person Specification:

Education/Qualifications:

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• Post Graduate training in Fieldwork Education.
• Registered member of Health Professional Council.
• Post-graduate training related to Paediatric OT.

Experience:

• Post Graduate clinical experience in Paediatric OT.
• Clinical experience in group and individual Paediatric intervention.
• Experience of supervision.
• Experience in a range of settings e.g. home, schools and community.
• Ability to use reflective practice based on current evidence.
• Experience of advising/teaching.
• Experience of cross-organisational working.
• Completed EI Smart training.

Knowledge and Understanding:

• Knowledge of sensory processing differences and impact to child/YP.
• Knowledge and application of principles of clinical governance and risk management.
• Knowledge of roles of other professionals and principles of partnership working.
• Knowledge of standardised and non-standardised assessments used within Paediatrics and in relation to sensory processing.
• Knowledge of a broad range of Paediatric conditions DCD, autism, ND and physical conditions.
• Knowledge and understanding of Paediatric approaches and graded interventions particularly sensory and play.
• Knowledge of national drivers for health provision for Paediatrics.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Clinical reasoning skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Welsh Language Skills.