Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist
Location: Pilning, Bristol 
Salary: Actual salary £34,145.75 - £40,524.62 (FTE £39,748.80 - £47,174.40) dependant on experience
Hours: 40 hours per week – Term time only

Teaching Personnel have a great opportunity to work with a SEN school for pupils aged 7-19 located in Pilning.

As the Occupational Therapist, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the therapy service based at the School. You will provide a high standard of occupational therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people, including advice and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed treatment plans.

 Key duties:

• Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work including the management of young people in your care
• Undertake autonomous assessment of children with a wide range of additional needs, including autistic spectrum conditions, sensory and attachment difficulties within the setting a specialist residential
• Analyse and interpret assessments to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each child
• Support individual development and care plans and assist individuals in accordance with their needs and wishes, particularly their activities of daily living, self-care, productivity and leisure
• Formulate, evaluate and review individualised occupational therapy treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment options to formulate a specialised programme of
• Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based

Qualifications:

• A recognised degree in Occupational Therapy and current registration of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Member of RCOT

 Experience:

• Previous experience in an occupational therapy role
• Experience of Multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency working
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of children by advanced clinical reasoning
• Knowledge of the management of children who have autistic spectrum conditions, sensory needs and attachment difficulties, including evidence based strategies.
• Experience of using sensory strategies to support children and young people.

If this opportunity is for you please send your CV to Abigail Simpson

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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