Job Introduction
Are you an experienced and dedicated Children’s Occupational Therapist? Are you looking to join a team who is striving to make positive changes in Essex?
We are looking for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our new SEND Therapy service based in Harlow, Essex. As one of our Occupational Therapist you will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based Occupational Therapy (OT) intervention to children and young people with Special Educational Needs.
The role is permanent, part time with the opportunity to work hybrid between visits to local schools / children’s homes and completing virtual sessions from home. As you will be visiting local schools as part of your role, a driving license and access to a vehicle is essential
If you are a Children’s Occupational Therapist with an active HCPC Registration we’d love to talk to you about joining the team.
Main Responsibilities
You main responsibilities will be as follows:
- Providing high quality, specialist, child centred care for children on a designated OT SEND caseload.
- To work with education and other professionals and parents/carers to support the OT needs of children with Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs).
- To ensure a high standard of child centred service delivery is achieved in line with best practice and commissioning intentions.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Is registered and compliant with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Has evidence of Post graduate training/or equivalent experience relevant to speciality such as:
- Child Development
- Specialist courses/ study on conditions that affect child development, autistic spectrum disorders, ADHD, neurodevelopment conditions, sensory needs
About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Package Description
As a Band 7 Children’s Occupational Therapist, you will feel valued receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
Band 7 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise