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Location:Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Salary:Actual salary £12,943 to £17,832.26 (FTE £37,668.80 to £51,832 dependant on experience
Hours: 16 hours per week Term time only
We are currently seeking an Occupational therapist to join abespoke school for 11-16 year olds with SEMH needs based in Berkeley.
The role:
As an Occupational Therapist, you will work as part of amulti-disciplinary team within the therapy service. You will provide a high standard of occupational therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people, including advice and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed treatment plans.
You will work autonomously and manage a caseload of children with complex needs, autistic spectrum conditions, sensory needs and attachment difficulties that are placed within the specialist education setting.
Key duties:
- Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work including the management of young people in your care
- Undertake autonomous assessment of children with a wide range of additional needs, including autistic spectrum conditions, sensory and attachment difficulties within the setting a specialist residential
- Analyse and interpret assessments to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each child
- Support individual development and care plans and assist individuals in accordance with their needs and wishes, particularly their activities of daily living, self-care, productivity and leisure
- Formulate, evaluate and review individualised occupational therapy treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment options to formulate a specialised programme of
- Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based
Qualifications:
- A recognised degree in Occupational Therapy and current registration of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Member of RCOT
Experience:
- Previous experience in an occupational therapy role
- Experience of Multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency working
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of children by advanced clinical reasoning
- Knowledge of the management of children who have autistic spectrum conditions, sensory needs and attachment difficulties, including evidence based strategies.
- Experience of using sensory strategies to support children and young people.
- Life assurance
- Free lunch
- Perkbox - offering high street discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Car lease scheme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Bike to work scheme
- Free membership to Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more
