CYPS Specialist Occupational Therapist- developmental role

Independently manage a specialist clinical caseload with support and supervision provided by senior staff via various methods e.g. face to face contact, email, telephone. This will include providing clinical assessment and the delivery of treatment programmes for children and young people with a diverse range of physical healthcare needs.

Demonstrate a commitment that the "voice" and lived experience of the child and young person is at the heart of all CYPS decision making and clinical care planning.

The post holder will provide supervision and support to OT Support Workers as appropriate.

The post holder will liaise with other agencies including education settings, social care and voluntary agencies.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

The post holder will work under the clinical supervision of an appropriately experienced and qualified CYPS Practitioner and well as line management responsibilities being held by a senior member of staff.

Provide a range of health care based assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) and their families/carers within the designated team. Provision will be in accordance to the application of a range of profession specific models of clinical practice. This will include:

o Providing a holistic clinical/health assessment, consultation, advice and the delivery of intervention programmes for children and young people with a diverse range of needs. Care planning will utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options for use in both the home, community and school setting alongside using a personalised and coproduction approach when working with families, parents and carerso Clinical care will take a trauma informed approach with knowledge and understanding of Adverse Child Experience (ACES) that may be impacting on presenting needso Undertaking comprehensive and accurate assessment/formulation of children and young people (including diagnostic where required), using investigative, analytical and effective clinical reasoning skillso Demonstrate effective profession based core skills and competencies including effective clinical decision making and articulating rationale behind decision making. This includes consideration and identification of safeguarding needs and taking further action where requiredo Contributing to team based referral screening/Front Door pathwayso Providing effective and safe clinical risk assessments & risk management planning as part of routine clinical worko Undertaking accountability, responsibility and independent managing a clinical caseload of children/young people and their families. When allocated, the clinician is responsible case holder and has overall responsibility and accountability as well as a duty of care for assessment, treatment and review of the child/young person/family until the point of onward referral or dischargeo Expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan. This job plan will be reviewed regularly and may be adjusted to meet team or service led requirements

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

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