Paediatric Occupational Therapist – Specialist Practitioner (Band 6)

A Paedatriatric Occupational therapist is required is required to provide Occupational Therapy for children and young people with significant disability and complex health needs aged 0 to 18 years. The team provides a service to Early Years children, mainstream schools and special schools to support children and young people who have significant functional difficulties in the areas of self-care skills, school occupations e.g. use of tools and equipment, mobility and posture, due to a complex, severe or enduring physical and or developmental condition which significantly affects ability to achieve potential in terms of activities of daily living. As a Band 6 paediatric Occupational Therapist you will work in a range of settings: * as an autonomous practitioner, providing high quality paediatric occupational therapy to support children and young people with disabilities to achieve their potential. * You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support children and young people’s occupational therapy needs and provide specialist advice to other disciplines. * You will carry a specialist caseload of children and young people with a variety of complex physical, learning and social needs and be responsible for writing reports for EHCP and MDT assessments/reviews. * As part of the role you will contribute to the supervision of students on clinical placement and support workers who are working with children and young people on your caseload. Qualifications: ● Diploma/BSc/Graduate Diploma/MSc in Occupational Therapy. ● Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. ● Additional short specialist courses relevant to your own clinical area and documented evidence of CPD (maintained portfolio). Skills and experience ● Experience of clinical assessment and intervention as an Occupational Therapist. ● Passionate about and/or have experience in working as an OT in paediatrics. ● Working knowledge of child development, neuro-development and childhood occupations. ● Able to plan and prioritise workload, demonstrate initiative through being consistently solution focused. ● Skilled in assessment planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, complying with professional and service standards and working as an autonomous practitioner. ● Able to prepare clearly written reports for use by multiple agencies. ● Knowledge, training and experience of a using range of therapeutic techniques and approaches, including non-standardised and standardised assessments. ● Knowledge/experience of physical and developmental disabilities and their impact on occupational performance. ● Experience and participate in clinical audits/research. ● Able to communicate sensitive, condition related information to clients using empathy and reassurance and able to reflect and critically appraise own performance. ● Able to provide and implement OT programmes within a specialist field and work collaboratively to upskill school staff and caregivers through training, sharing advice and strategies to support the child/young person. ● Supervision of students and / or support/junior staff