Warning
This job advert has expired and applications have closed.
Senior Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,950 to £47,250 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | RG18 9NU |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Prior's Court Foundation |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | PC7456 |
Summary
The role of Senior Occupational Therapist
Some of the day-to-day responsibilities include:-
- To line manage the team of Occupational Therapists
- Manage a caseload of autistic young people (YP) with complex needs, including assessment, implementation and review of therapy input to ensure progress.
- To oversee support of apprenticeship training and management of OT/therapy assistants
- Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret findings from both standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify a young person’s occupational strengths and needs.
- Use of the therapy wave model (Specialist, Targeted, Universal) to manage and review caseload to ensure therapy input is meeting the young person’s needs.
- Provide specialist intervention using evidence-based therapy approaches individualised to meet YP’s needs in the areas of (not an exhaustive list) emotional regulation, sensory processing, and/or fine/gross motor skills.
- Contribution to the annual review process by providing high quality written reports, assessment, review of EHCP targets and attending annual review meetings (as appropriate).
- Contribute and/or lead in the planning and delivering of training to develop the knowledge and skills of others in the areas of autism and occupational therapy.
- Ensure adherence to HCPC standards (for conduct, performance, ethics, proficiency and continuing professional development) and relevant professional bodies (e.g., RCOT.) Take responsibility for keeping own knowledge and skills up to date by engaging in CPD activities.
- Participate in the ordering, budget management and maintenance of OT specific equipment and resources.
- Support the Head of Therapy to collect evidence of OT impact on young person outcomes – including assessment data, case studies and feedback from staff, parents/carers
- Adhere to regular use of progress cycle and that progress of young people is communicated to all interested stakeholders (young people, parents/carers, staff, placing authorities).
- Responsibility for line management and supervision of less experienced therapists and assistants, as deemed appropriate by the Therapy Lead.
Please see the job description for further details.
Some of the day-to-day responsibilities include:-
- To line manage the team of Occupational Therapists
- Manage a caseload of autistic young people (YP) with complex needs, including assessment, implementation and review of therapy input to ensure progress.
- To oversee support of apprenticeship training and management of OT/therapy assistants
- Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret findings from both standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify a young person’s occupational strengths and needs.
- Use of the therapy wave model (Specialist, Targeted, Universal) to manage and review caseload to ensure therapy input is meeting the young person’s needs.
- Provide specialist intervention using evidence-based therapy approaches individualised to meet YP’s needs in the areas of (not an exhaustive list) emotional regulation, sensory processing, and/or fine/gross motor skills.
- Contribution to the annual review process by providing high quality written reports, assessment, review of EHCP targets and attending annual review meetings (as appropriate).
- Contribute and/or lead in the planning and delivering of training to develop the knowledge and skills of others in the areas of autism and occupational therapy.
- Ensure adherence to HCPC standards (for conduct, performance, ethics, proficiency and continuing professional development) and relevant professional bodies (e.g., RCOT.) Take responsibility for keeping own knowledge and skills up to date by engaging in CPD activities.
- Participate in the ordering, budget management and maintenance of OT specific equipment and resources.
- Support the Head of Therapy to collect evidence of OT impact on young person outcomes – including assessment data, case studies and feedback from staff, parents/carers
- Adhere to regular use of progress cycle and that progress of young people is communicated to all interested stakeholders (young people, parents/carers, staff, placing authorities).
- Responsibility for line management and supervision of less experienced therapists and assistants, as deemed appropriate by the Therapy Lead.
Please see the job description for further details.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.