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Specialist Occupational Therapist - Band 6
About this role
The role of Specialist Occupational Therapist will provide a high quality, evidence based occupational therapy service, which promotes participation and functional activity of children and young people accessing our neurorehabilitation services. Our service delivery aims to promote outcome focussed interventions, safe care, function and participation of children and young people accessing home, school, and community life.
You will deliver child and family focused, goal led interventions at a specialist level within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency setting. Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below. Role Requirements Clinical Skills and Responsibilities Provide high quality, evidence based occupational therapy provision for children and young people, in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and education services.
Undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments of children with a range of needs including highly complex needs. Develop therapy goals, in collaboration and with the child and family/carers, as well as the MDT, to maximise recovery and facilitate the participation of the child in their daily life. Devise and carry out therapeutic interventions that are developmentally appropriate, goal directed, and occupation centred both in terms of means and outcome.
Use observational and standardised outcome measures to monitor and evaluate each child’s progress and adjust intervention/programmes, as necessary. Contribute to the assessment of the child/young person’s upper limb and support provision of interventions to maintain or improve upper limb range and function where possible. Assess and advise on specialist equipment and liaise with social services and relevant others on its provision.
This may be loaned equipment for use at The Children’s Trust or recommendations of equipment for long-term use on return to home. Assess, evaluate, and recommend discharge/transition plans for children/young people within the multidisciplinary team framework. Contribute to child related reports, including looked after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as required, in a timely manner and in line with organisational targets.