SESSIONAL Occupational Therapist in London

This sessional sensory integration occupational therapist post sits within the therapy team at Family Futures, a voluntary adoption agency and specialist therapy centre. The work centres on sensory integration and functional assessments, sensory diets and treatment programmes for children, carried out with their families and in school settings. It is a senior clinical role for children with complex needs, including adoptive, kinship and foster families, with teaching and report writing expected. Sensory integration training and HCPC registration are required.

What the job involves:

• Carry out functional and sensory integration assessments and treatment programmes for children, in the context of family, school and social settings.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions grounded in occupational therapy core skills, drawing on other approaches where needed.
• Provide telephone, video and email support, consultations, assessments and treatment to children and their parents or carers.
• Devise sensory diets for children and parents, and oversee their use at home and school with the key worker.
• Key work some cases as a senior practitioner, co-ordinating service provision for those families.
• Write occupational therapy and sensory integration reports to a high standard, and contribute to assessment, network, end of year and closing reports.
• Liaise with local authorities, health bodies and other agencies, and attend professionals meetings.
• Advise colleagues on specialist OT matters and share responsibility for the OT equipment budget.
• Manage caseload, respond to messages and post, and keep session notes and computer records up to date.
• Teach and tutor on courses and training run by Family Futures.
• Take part in research projects and in the monitoring and evaluation of services.
• Contribute to articles, podcasts, videos, training materials and other media content for professional and public audiences.

What’s required:

• Qualifications: Degree or diploma in occupational therapy, Sensory integration training.
• Registration & licences: HCPC registration.
• Experience: Assessing children and families with complex presentations, Working with children and families in a therapeutic setting for mental health, physical disability or learning disability, Taking case responsibility and leading multidisciplinary teams, Working with complex or developmental trauma, Co-ordinating and writing reports with formulations and treatment recommendations.
• Skills & knowledge: Detailed knowledge of sensory integration theory and the impact of sensory and motor development, Understanding of theory and research on trauma, attachment and therapeutic interventions with children and parents, Understanding of the use of creative arts in a therapeutic setting, Understanding of safeguarding children, equal opportunities, data protection and good practice, Competence with computers and office technology.
• Nice to have: Good financial skills in managing budgets, Experience in fostering and adoption, ideal but not essential.

What’s offered:

• Regular supervision and consultation with a psychotherapist.
• Access to a team of specialist consultants.