Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist Sherwood Foundation

To advise and support school staff and other therapists on the education and therapeutic interventions of children and young people with OT Needs including

Completion of baseline and transition assessments to identify the strengths, needs, outcomes and provision for students with complex communication profiles

Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care and advice on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.

Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers.

To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these with key stakeholders.

To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users.

To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required.

Working within a multidisciplinary team of

Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists the post holder will have the

opportunity to work in local schools and colleges across the 4 years to 25

years age range or with a smaller age range within this.

and supporting a range of schools/settings with children and young people with

Occupational Therapy Needs (OT Needs) including a possible cohort with ASD, or

PMLD to manage

their caseload to ensure that intended outcomes are delivered within agreed

service standards.

Raising awareness of the needs of and strategies

available for children and young people with OT Needs.

personally undertake a case load of referrals to include:

Visiting and

assessing children and young people with OT Needs.

appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons

needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support.

Delivery of

specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis.

Advice and

treatment for children and young people with functional difficulties and

sensory processing needs.

Offering

advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or

universal level.

Maintaining

children/young peoples records to a high standard.

To advise and support

school staff on the education of children and young people with OT Needs including:

Screening and

prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of therapy

provision required in line with service criteria.

At the point of referral, gathering relevant

information regarding previous and current input from health and social care

services.

Carrying out

a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a

range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on

access to education.

reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons

care and advice on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.

Plan,

create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy

programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over

prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff,

parents and carers.

To maintain effective

liaison with all partners e.g. parents/ carers, professionals in Education,

Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding

and best practice.

To

monitor and record child or young persons progress and

effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and

evaluation of practice and to communicate these with key stakeholders.

with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for

specific children and young people.

Promotion of

effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school

curriculum.

To attend and

contribute to team meetings as required.

Training and

Development Responsibility

To be aware of

changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding

this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard

of care to service users.

legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for

children and young people with OT Needs.

To participate

in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as

required.

To engage with

continual professional development as identified through managerial and

clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as

agreed.

To comply with

the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements.

As part of the

therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and

educational providers.

Cognus Limited is a Local Authority Traded Company, which is commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton to provide education services to early years providers, mainstream schools and specialist education settings in Sutton. Wholly owned by the local authority, we deliver a wide range of high-quality services to deliver excellent practice that improve the lives of children, young people, and families in Sutton and beyond.

Sherwood Foundation School prides itself on its individualised, trans-disciplinary approach to learning; with the child/ young person and their family at the heart of our practice. We are dedicated to using strengths based, relationship and play focused, person-centred practices to support the learning and growth of our pupils. We aim to create a school culture and learning environment that facilitates the active engagement and participation of our learners, using motivating and meaningful activities that support the development of regulation, communication, social skills, cognitive abilities and life skills in preparation for adulthood.

We offer

A friendly, supportive and collaborative working environment

The opportunity to deliver a wide range of evidence-based interventions with your caseload and develop highly specialist assessment and intervention skills

Onsite support from an enthusiastic and dedicated team of experienced staff

Regular supervision, continued professional development and training

Experience

Essential: - Experience as a paediatric Occupational Therapist; - Relevant qualifications including registration with HCPC

Qualifications

Essential: - Educated to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.

Knowledge and skills