Health Visitor Band 6

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join Barnet Children’s Integrated Therapies. The role involves working in primary and secondary schools to support children with special needs. Candidates will collaborate with a dynamic team and contribute to innovative training programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in interdisciplinary working with children and young people.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Train and support implementation of Occupational Therapy strategies in schools.
• Assess young people with functional needs and provide advice.
• Develop training offers to meet sensory and motor needs.

Skills

Communication

Flexibility

Initiative

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Masters level modules or equivalent courses in speciality

Tools

IT skills

Job description

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Barnet Children’s Integrated Therapies have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated Occupational Therapist, who is experienced in interdisciplinary working with children and young people in the community. This is part of a two-year Project we are running with our Education partners at Barnet Council, from September 2023 to August 2025. OTs in Barnet work as part of a dynamic and innovative Integrated Therapy Team which includes Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants as well as OTs. This Project builds on established interdisciplinary working and aims to further develop interagency collaboration.

Following the success of the Project’s first year, we are delighted that from September 2024 we will have an additional Band 7 role joining the team already in place focussed on supporting children and young people through clinical review, stakeholder engagement and the delivery of a Targeted training programme for staff and parents.

The successful candidate will work in both primary and secondary mainstream schools across Barnet. The role in primary school is to support children entering mainstream reception classes with special and complex needs that may include autism, learning difficulties and sensory processing differences.

The secondary school role is related to reviewing and updating EHCPs together with delivery of support for parents and staff at the Targeted level (Gascoigne et al, 2013).

Main duties of the job

1. Working closely with Barnet Education's Specialist Inclusion Service to train and support the implementation of Occupational Therapy advice and strategies into the mainstream schools' core offer.
2. To be responsible for the assessment of young people in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 with a range of functional needs and the provision of advice for them, their families and the staff working with them.
3. To provide targeted training and support for staff working in mainstream primary and secondary schools.
4. To be innovative and develop new training offers to schools to meet the sensory and motor-based needs of their pupils while upskilling staff on OT-based strategies and recommendations.
5. To support children with complex profiles in mainstream reception classes.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job overview

Barnet Children’s Integrated Therapies have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated Occupational Therapist, who is experienced in interdisciplinary working with children and young people in the community. This is part of a two-year Project we are running with our Education partners at Barnet Council, from September 2023 to August 2025. OTs in Barnet work as part of a dynamic and innovative Integrated Therapy Team which includes Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants as well as OTs. This Project builds on established interdisciplinary working and aims to further develop interagency collaboration.

Following the success of the Project’s first year, we are delighted that from September 2024 we will have an additional Band 7 role joining the team already in place focussed on supporting children and young people through clinical review, stakeholder engagement and the delivery of a Targeted training programme for staff and parents.

The successful candidate will work in both primary and secondary mainstream schools across Barnet. The role in primary school is to support children entering mainstream reception classes with special and complex needs that may include autism, learning difficulties and sensory processing differences.

The secondary school role is related to reviewing and updating EHCPs together with delivery of support for parents and staff at the Targeted level (Gascoigne et al, 2013).

Main duties of the job

1. Working closely with Barnet Education's Specialist Inclusion Service to train and support the implementation of Occupational Therapy advice and strategies into the mainstream schools' core offer.
2. To be responsible for the assessment of young people in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 with a range of functional needs and the provision of advice for them, their families and the staff working with them.
3. To provide targeted training and support for staff working in mainstream primary and secondary schools.
4. To be innovative and develop new training offers to schools to meet the sensory and motor-based needs of their pupils while upskilling staff on OT-based strategies and recommendations.
5. To support children with complex profiles in mainstream reception classes.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

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Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
• Masters level modules or equivalent courses in speciality
• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Desirable criteria

• HCPC registration
• Clinical Educator training

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• •Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of rehabilitation relating to specialist area.
• Excellent specific therapy assessment and treatment skills in field of specialism utilising a range of approaches.
• Able to independently manage own and others clinical caseload and prioritise as required
• Demonstrates effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies
• Clear, concise verbal and written reporting skills
• Excellent presentation skills of complex information
• •IT skills including word processing and excel

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• Appropriate assessment tools for this client group
• Current issues in the delivery of community based services
• Sound understanding of confidentiality

Desirable criteria

• Previous NHS experience
• Day to day clinical supervision of the caseloads allocated to junior team members.
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
• Previous experience working in schools

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria

• Able to respond to pressure appropriately
• Flexible approach to work
• Uses initiative
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
• Commitment to equal opportunities
• Professional manner

Other

Essential criteria

• Demonstrating Trust Values
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.