Children’s Occupational Therapist

Overview

We are seeking a permanent Band 7 Highly Specialist Childrens Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in West Essex, covering Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest. This role is part of an awardwinning Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, working with Barnardos to trailblaze an innovative integrated partnership model. You will work directly with children and families to improve health outcomes across the local communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead service provision across universal, targeted and specialist levels.
• Collaboratively work with fellow Band 7 Occupational Therapists.
• Contribute to the supervision and development of colleagues.
• Support service improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team including OT, PT and Therapy Assistants.
• Manage a mixed, complex caseload of children and young people aged 0-19 years.
• Deliver specialist occupational therapy interventions across schools, community clinics, hubs, family homes and special schools.
• Provide high quality, child centred care that aligns with evidence based best practice.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Minimum of two years paediatric experience with children exhibiting a range of conditions.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
• Innovative, adaptable and highly motivated with genuine passion for improving outcomes.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, flexible and solution focused approach.

Benefits

• 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 offering discounts on grocery shopping and cashback/voucher offers.
• Access to wages as you earn them to cover emergencies and avoid overdraft or high interest fees.
• Online and face to face help with mental and physical wellbeing, healthy recipes, activity challenges, post trauma support, legal, debt, life management, career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development via the Learning Enterprise.
• Open, just culture encouraging ideas to deliver purpose: transforming health and care supported by ringfenced innovation funding.
• Commitment to high clinical and quality standards with the majority of services holding good or outstanding CQC ratings.
• Equal opportunities and inclusive hiring; disability confident company.

Safeguarding and Integrity

Safeguarding and protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults is of utmost importance. All applicants will undergo a safer recruitment process, including disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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