Occupational Therapist

Cornwall Council Jobs and Careers; Truro; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Defined benefit pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Employee health and wellbeing program

Employee discounts scheme

Job summary

Cornwall Council is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the SEND Support Service within the Statutory SEN and EOTAS teams. You will assess children and young people and deliver accessible written reports, often within statutory timeframes.

You will collaborate with our OT colleagues to deliver training and work with schools/settings, under supervision. A supportive training culture is emphasised and valued.

Qualifications

• Experienced Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration and relevant SEND experience.
• Ability to assess needs of children/young people and write accessible reports.
• Comfort with statutory SEND processes and collaboration with teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess needs of children and young people, focusing on sensory processing challenges.
• Produce high-quality written reports within statutory timeframes.
• Deliver training with the OT and work with schools/settings and SEND teams.

Skills

HCPC registration

Written reports

Independent working

Team collaboration

Job description

The Service & Team:

The SEND Support Service works with children and young people with a wide range of needs from 0-25 years and they are at the heart of everything we do. We are a wide range of professionals including teachers, advisors, speech and language therapists and an occupational therapist. We are excited to offer this new role to work with us and our colleagues in the Statutory SEN team and EOTAS team.

The Role:

This role will involve some work with children and young people assessing their needs which are usually around sensory processing challenges. You will be expected to write accessible written reports and be involved in statutory SEND processes. The role will involve close work with our current OT to deliver training and work with schools/settings as well as other colleagues in the SEND Support Services. We place a high importance on training and development. Supervision will be carried out by a suitably qualified OT

Working Pattern:

37 hours per week

What you’ll need to succeed:

You will be an enthusiastic, experienced Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration. You will be able to assess the needs of children and young people (usually around their sensory processing challenges) and provide high quality written reports sometimes within statutory timeframes. You will enjoy working independently and with colleagues in different teams.

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

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