Childrens Occupational Therapist for special schools

NHS Jobs; Enfield (CT); On-site; USD 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in the UK seeks a Children\'s Occupational Therapist to work with children in special schools, advisory and training roles, and to deliver personalised therapy programmes.

You will collaborate with parents, carers, school staff and multidisciplinary teams, assess risk, implement evidence-based practice, and contribute to audits while supporting junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Advise, teach and support parents, carers, and school staff on ongoing Occupational Therapy management programmes.
• Develop integrated support plans with schools and multidisciplinary teams to achieve child outcomes.
• Deliver training and workshop programmes to educational establishments.
• Assess and manage clinical risk, including manual handling and lone working policies, and support junior staff.

Job description

Childrens Occupational Therapist for special schools

To advise and teach parents/carers and school staff of children with additional needs on appropriate on-going Occupational Therapy management programmes. To develop integrated support plans with schools, multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to ensure effective management in achieving the best care for the child. To work as part of the core OT service in the delivery of training and workshop programmes to educational establishments, to best help children achieve outcomes within inclusive facilities. To have the ability, knowledge and skills required for moving and handling children in school environments. To assess and manage clinical risk concerning the treatment of clients in own caseload and support junior staff to do the same e.g. Manual Handling risk assessment, Trust lone working Policy. To implement evidence-based practice and manage clinical risk within specific area of specialism. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness in specialist area thorough the use of outcome measures and audits. To work within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency framework. To provide clinical support to junior staff and colleagues To work within the standards and guidelines of the Childrens Occupational Therapy Service, the Trust, the British Association of Occupational Therapy (BAOT) and the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) To understand and apply National Guidelines and Legislation relating to Health, Education and Social Care in occupational therapy practise. To have a good working knowledge of the Code of Practice and Educational Care Health Plans. To be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable work patterns, deadlines and frequent interruptions. To complete other duties that may be delegated as appropriate by senior staff

£45,953 - £54,254 Inclusive of Outer London HCAS per annum