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    Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Croydon, United Kingdom - JustOT

    JustOT
    JustOT Croydon, United Kingdom

    6 days ago

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    JustOT are looking for a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to work in our clients school based in South London.

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    J102402
    Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Permanent

    Location:
    Surrey

    Salary:
    up to £40,200 dep on exp (negotiable)
    Hours: 2/3 days per week to be worked between: Monday to Friday (term time only)

    Speciality:
    Service to children and adolescents with profound and multiple disabilities
    No sponsorship available


    Our client is an independent school for special school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties aged 3-19 that aims to provide inclusive education to learners whose very special needs are compounded by a high degree of dependency.


    Job Role:

    • Manage a varied caseload of pupils with highly complex and profound physical, sensory and learning disabilities using clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments using a client centred approach. Using current evidence base to assess, treat, implement, evaluate and document Occupational Therapy interventions as a member of the multidisciplinary Rutherford Team.
    • To support and advise colleagues within the school therapy team, community, teaching professionals, parents and carers in the management of young people with complex needs, requiring clinical reasoning and integrated multi-disciplinary and intra-disciplinary working.
    • Support the development of the therapy service, working with an integrated multidisciplinary team, using outcome measures to enable evaluation of the service and clinical/educational interventions when appropriate.


    Be responsible for the maintenance and development of own CPD, identifying and contributing to the evidence base of Occupational Therapy in this specialist field.


    • To be responsible for providing individual assessments to children and young people with PMLD/Movement disorders managing most complex cases, addressing occupational performance skills, patterns, context(s) and activity demands in collaboration with pupils, education staff and carers.
    • Undertake Occupational Therapy specialist multi-needs assessments and interventions using complex and advanced clinical reasoning demonstrating critical thinking, reflection and analysis to develop individual goal and task oriented treatment plans, being sensitive to the complex physical and psycho-social needs of young people with PMLD/Movement Disorders
    • To design, make and/or monitor the use of upper limb splinting including hand splints and dynamic orthotics, develop complex, behavioural or neuromotor treatment plans supporting functional skills and/or care management and devising visual programmes for evaluation and/or intervention procedures

    This includes:

    • Maintain high professional standards - keeping abreast of research in the area - to promote and develop quality initiatives appropriate to the needs of children and young people with PMLD and the Occupational Therapy profession.
    • Understand and apply National Guidelines and legislation relating to health, social care and education for young people with PMLD/Complex and long term conditions and Occupational Therapy practice.
    • Work within the curriculum and educational requirements, ensuring services are provided in accordance with the school standards and objectives of quality assurance, and that they are consistent with best professional practice and comply with organisational policies relating to Equal opportunities, Data protection and Health and Safety at Work legislation.
    • To ensure accurate and up to date records of all professional judgements, decisions taken, related statistical information are kept and reported in accordance with the Royal College of Occupational Therapy and school policies.
    • Use communication, reasoning and negotiation skills to establish a therapeutic relationship with pupils whilst managing barriers to communication caused by sensory impairment, learning difficulties and physical disability.


    To communicate highly sensitive information in an understandable form to pupil's parents, carers and colleagues on a daily basis and through regular report writing taking into account the views and wishes of pupils, their families and carers whilst respecting their diversity.


    Requirements for the job:

    • Degree/ diploma in occupational therapy
    • HCPC Registration
    • DBS clearance
    • MSc or equivalent in relevant area (desirable)

    Experience:

    • Advance clinical knowledge in the interplay of disease process and functional wellbeing.
    • Evidence of continuing professional development and post registration education and training.
    • Post graduate training or evidence of in depth experience in the field of paediatrics and neurological/ physical disability.
    • Experience of complex physical disability / neurology / Paediatrics.
    • Knowledge of specialist paediatric approaches e.g. Bobath, Sensory Processing, Hand Splinting and upper limb skills.
    • Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
    • Experience of access assessment for information technology (desirable)
    • Experience of supervision of OT pupils (desirable)
    • Experience of working in an educational setting (desirable)
    • Experience of delivering training (desirable)
    • Bobath/Sensory Processing training completed (desirable)

    In Return my client is Offering:

    • Excellent School with good reputation
    • Amazing Team to work with
    • Good salary Package/ A/L
    Should you be interested in this job please contact for a full JD
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