Independent Occupational Therapist in Chester

This is a 12-month self-employed post with the Centre for Fostering and Adoption Support (CFAS), the service within Adoption Matters that supports fostering, adoption and permanency. The work is occupational therapy for children, young people and adults, including people with disabilities, alongside specialist advice and training for colleagues across the service. Sessions are a mix of home-based and in-person work with families, with regular travel across the region. HCPC registration is essential for the role.

What the job involves

• Assess and support children, young people and adults, including people with disabilities, on a self-employed basis
• Manage a complex and diverse caseload using evidence-based, child-centred principles, including prioritising assessment
• Work with families through a mix of home-based and in-person sessions across the region
• Provide specialist advice and act as a source of expertise for other professionals
• Contribute to the training and education of staff to keep service quality high
• Work within national, local and professional standards
• Support the service's philosophy and commitment to fostering, adoption and permanency
• Share in the agency's development plans
• Comply with statutory obligations, including fostering, adoption and safeguarding of children and adults

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified occupational therapist

Registration & licences

• Registration with a professional body, such as HCPC

Experience

• Experience of therapeutic work with children and parents or carers
• Experience of applying current adoption and childcare research in practice

Skills & knowledge

• Professional knowledge of child and adolescent development, trauma and loss
• Knowledge of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 and associated guidance and regulations
• Knowledge of the Adoption Support Regulations 2005
• Knowledge of attachment theory and its lifelong impact
• Awareness of current adoption and childcare research

Other

• Based in or around Warrington or Chester
• Able to travel regularly across the region
• Knowledge of Adoption Matters, or an interest in how the agency operates

Nice to have

• Training in Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI)
• Theraplay training
• DDP training
• EMDR training
• Story Stem Assessment training
• BUSS qualification
• SAI qualification

What’s offered

• Flexible working
• Home or remote working

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