Childrens Occupational Therapist Social Care Housing Adaptation

• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Have highly specialist knowledge and skills in working with CYP and their families/carers with a range of developmental, neurological and health conditions.
• Have interest/expertise in the recommendation and delivery of specialist home equipment including minor and major adaptations.
• Have knowledge of the relevant legislation and a willingness to use clinical reasoning and evidence-based approaches.
• Have a foundation in safeguarding assessment and risk assessment relating to equipment provision
• Work within the legislative framework of CYP including the Children's Act (1989), Chronically sick and disabled persons Act (1970) and working alongside housing team

• A friendly team and a great place to work
• Regular line-management
• Professional supervision through Action Learning Sets
• Personal development planning & access to training to develop your CPD, leadership & management skills
• Mentoring and coaching
• Structured induction period

• Generous annual leave(27 days rising to 33 with long service)
• Flexible working arrangementsto help balance personal and professional life, including up to 5 days of carers leave (pro rata)
• Employee Assistance Programmeoffering 24/7 confidential support for personal or work-related issues
• Cycle to Work and Car Lease Schemes
• Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts on a wide range of shopping, holidays, and services
• Health and wellbeing support, including free flu jabs, Physiotherapy referrals, eye care vouchers, etc
• Occupational Pension Schemewith competitive benefits
• Enhanced sick pay above statutory entitlements

Essential

• Highly specialist knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent qualifications, in sensory integration theory and assessment
• Continued Professional Development evidenced by attendance at specialist postgraduate courses to maintain and develop own specialist knowledge and expertise.
• Recognised OT Qualification leading to registration with HCPC
• HCPC Licence to Practice
• Registered member of British Association of OT
• Supervision/Clinical Educators Course attendance

Essential

• Describe your experience of electronic patient record system
• Demonstrate your knowledge of current safeguarding procedures
• Evidence of involvement in service policy development in area of specialism
• Experience of working with different professional disciplines and agencies
• Describe your knowledge of NHS, Education and social care policy and directives, where these impact on service delivery
• What training have you delivered to parents/carers/teachers or other professionals? What methods did you use to ensure it was effective and accessible?
• Describe your experience of working with children/young people including assessments carried out and provision of equipment

Essential

• Working collaboratively with an MDT, including demonstrating ability to liaise and negotiate
• Demonstrate knowledge of barriers to understanding & ability to explain complex issues simply
• Describe how you establish positive relationships and mutual respect with people at all levels
• How do you ensure you are making appropriate clinical decisions, and include experiences of analysing and interpret complex data
• Demonstrate effective problem solving skills
• Describe your computer literacy, including use of Excel spreadsheets, databases and PowerPoint
• Describe your experience of supervising, supporting or mentoring others, e.g. junior staff; students; assistants and those of other professional backgrounds where needed
• Describe your communication skills and how you use these in your every day work

Essential

• Eligible to live and work in the UK
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff