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    Occupational Therapist Leading SEN School - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

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    8a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist SEN
    Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Location London Salary £56,388 to £62,785 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS Closing date 19 May 2024

    Contract:
    Permanent. Part-time - 26 hours per week.
    There is a possibility of the post being full-time.

    We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric Occupational Therapist with vision, energy and clinical expertise to make a significant contribution to our Occupational Therapy Service.

    Working in partnership with the current Clinical and Professional Lead OT and alongside the Universal Service and the Social Communication Team Leads you will be responsible for the development and implementation of a graduated offer for children with SEN who have occupational therapy needs in mainstream settings across Haringey from This will include developing the training offer to Local Authority partners, schools and parents/carers to ensure the offer is clear, well communicated and meets the needs of children and families in Haringey.

    The post holder would be part of the friendly and innovative Haringey Children's Therapy Team based in Tottenham and would lead a team of OTs to develop the pathway, working closely with other therapy leads, the local authority and commissioners.

    In Haringey, there is a strong focus on clinical audit, user involvement and outcomes and identified centralised funds to support ongoing professional development.

    Whittington Health has a large number of OTs and there will be opportunities for professional development and supervision within the network.

    The postholder will work alongside commissioners, local authority colleagues, educational settings and the parent/carer forum to ensure that children receive timely Occupational Therapy support to reach their educational potential within their settings.

    They will have a key role in working with the local authority around those engaging the tribunal process, explaining and advocating how children's needs are met in Haringey.

    Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

    We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

    The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

    We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

    Attendance at specialist post-graduate courses relevant to paediatric area in neuro-disability or additional needs

    Experience of working with children with neurodisability and additional needs, using standardised assessments and implementing specialised treatment approaches
    Extensive experience as a paediatric therapist in a range of setting including children with complex needs and additional needs
    Experience of basic budget management and understand how to balance cost effective and clinically effective services
    Experience of helping others to manage a caseload independently, and of working with other staff to implement treatment programmes

    Experience of establishing and developing the AHP role within the multi-disciplinary team, and leading on aspects of service development to ensure good quality of service.

    Experience of contributing to planning care in conjunction with service-users and as part of a multi agency team

    Evidence of understanding the needs of children with disabilities and their families/carers, and to explain the role of the AHP to them
    Demonstrate understanding of the role of and process of clinical supervision for self and others and have a proven track record of supervision, including an awareness of capability management
    Knowledge and understanding of relevant health and social care legislation
    To demonstrate understanding of performance management and set out plans to achieve objectives to improve teams performance
    Understand the importance of clinical governance and be able to demonstrate the application particularly in risk and incident management and user involvement
    Demonstrate an understanding of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, and of assessing risk within clinical work

    Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly, verbally and in writing, and overcome barriers to communication
    Understanding of issues involved in working in a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure clinical practice is culturally appropriate and accessible
    Basic computer, word processing and email skills
    Ability to identify own professional training needs, and evidence of updating clinical skills

    Engagement with special interest groups within paediatric clinical area

    Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
    Tynemouth Road Health Centre

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