Children's Occupational Therapist

Liquidpersonnel; Sutton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS and compliance service

Twice weekly payroll

Bonus schemes: Refer a Friend £500

Find your own job £250 bonus

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Children’s Occupational Therapist to support a client in Sutton. You will work with children and young people with a range of complex needs, focusing on community assessments, equipment, adaptations and risk management to help families achieve safe, positive outcomes at home.

This locum role requires HCPC registration and prior experience with children, with a track record in community-based paediatric OT and complex assessments.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist required.
• Experience with children and young people essential.
• Experience in community Children's OT, equipment, adaptations and complex assessments desirable.

Responsibilities

• Complete OT assessments for children and young people with physical, developmental and complex needs.
• Perform functional and environmental assessments to identify barriers to independence, safety and participation.
• Assess and recommend equipment and adaptations to meet needs of children and families.
• Conduct risk assessments to ensure safety of equipment and interventions.
• Collaborate with families, social workers, health professionals and other agencies.
• Document assessments on Mosaic and progress cases to closure.
• Ensure timely completion of all aspects of assessment and equipment/adaptation process.

Skills

Case management

Community OT

Equipment & adaptations

Risk assessment

Education

HCPC registration (OT)

Tools

Mosaic system

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting for an experienced Children's Occupational Therapist to support its client in Sutton, working with children and young people with a range of complex needs.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Children's OT experienced in community assessments, equipment, adaptations and risk management, helping children and families achieve safe and positive outcomes at home.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Complete Occupational Therapy assessments forchildren and young peoplewith a range of physical, developmental and complex needs
• Complete functional and environmental assessments to identify barriers to independence, safety and participation
• Assess and recommend appropriatespecialist equipment and adaptationsto meet the needs of children and families
• Complete relevant risk assessments and reviews to ensure recommended equipment and interventions are safe and appropriate
• Identify and progressmajor adaptation referralswhere required
• Complete assessments and documentation on theMosaic system, ensuring records are accurate and complete
• Obtain appropriate manager sign-off and progress cases through to full closure
• Work collaboratively with children, parents, carers, Social Workers, health professionals and other agencies
• Provide clear professional advice and recommendations to support children to remain safe and participate within their home and community environments
• Manage cases independently and ensure all elements of the assessment, equipment and adaptation process are completed within required timescales

Payment & Requirements:

• £350 flat rate per completed case closure
• A case is considered closed when the assessment is completed onMosaic, manager sign-off is achieved, and any equipment has been provided, risk assessed and reviewed, or any major adaptation referral has been completed
• Minimum expectation of10 completed case closures per month
• £648 induction/training paymentpayable following completion of the first 5 cases
• QualifiedOccupational Therapist with HCPC registration
• Previous experience working withchildren and young peopleis essential
• Experience of community Children's OT, equipment, adaptations and complex assessments is highly desirable

Induction/Training:

£648 after completion of 5 cases

Contract:

Locum

Minimum Commitment:

10 completed case closures per month

Work Pattern:

Manager to provide details

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Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• "Refer a Friend" bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• "Find your own job" bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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