Senior Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 09 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2025 |
| Location: | Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2f6ff5d7-b5c1-4411-b2b4-44c542b9108e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
It’s an exciting time at Parkwood Hall and you would be joining at a transformational time for the academy. Under a new leadership team, Parkwood Hall has undergone radical changes to its behaviour ethos, and curriculum design and implementation.
Job purpose: This role involves leading occupational therapy support within the school setting as part of a Trans-Disciplinary Team, with a focus on driving and quality assuring occupational therapy interventions for children and young people. In addition to delivering high-quality interventions, the role includes overseeing the development of personalised support plans, supervising and mentoring therapeutic staff, and fostering a culture of reflective practice. The position plays a key role in service development, contributing to school improvement initiatives, and ensuring the highest standards of practice. This role also involves shaping training programmes, advising on service delivery, and maintaining professional and safeguarding standards across the school.
To be accountable to the Deputy Principal - Pastoral in all matters relating to the role. To liaise with the Principal, Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Trustees as required.
What the school offers its staff
In return, the successful candidates will join the committed and highly experienced classroom-based teams who are dedicated in providing the best education. Parkwood Hall offers an outstanding professional development package to all staff. In addition, Parkwood Hall also offers an Employee Assistance Programme, free hot drinks and snacks, and ample car parking. We are based on a beautiful site of more than 30 acres and an impressive Victorian building.
Further details about the role
Overall Duties
• As part of the Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT), you will support educational colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation offer both individualised and group interventions and engagement to our children and young people.
• Our therapists work collaboratively within our school, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will facilitate reflective practice and consultation, and provide workshops, training and guidance to the teams around our children.
• Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the school in line with identified EHCP provision and in response to arising needs.
• Use advanced specialist knowledge and levels of experience appropriately and effectively across a range of work practices which is underpinned by comprehensive and extensive theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• To use appropriate clinical and professional guidance within practice (e.g. RCOT or NICE guidance)
• Organise and facilitate internal child focused meetings where appropriate in partnership with the transdisciplinary team, ensuring appropriate staff are invited.
• To identity training needs, develop and facilitate training sessions to staff and parents/carers in relation to supporting our children and young people.
• To identify and deliver training to education or care staff teams in relation to supporting our children and young people
• To promote and facilitate reflective practice.
• To work with the Deputy Principal (Pastoral) in helping to promote and develop our service links and work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required.
• To induct, supervise and line manage other PHCA Occupational Therapists, or other therapeutic professionals where appropriate (e.g. Therapy Assistant).
• To advise and participate in service and practice development. This to include contributing to the development of School Improvement Planning.
• To quality assure reports the work and records of the Occupational Team.
• To support in the organisation and chairing of TDT meetings, including managing the allocation of internal referrals.
• To complete external referrals to specialist services as required.
• To role model to all children and young people, education and care colleagues how to promote self-esteem and positive relationships.
• To undertake high quality clinical assessments of children and young people and develop formulations of therapeutic need. To write reports as part of a transdisciplinary team or individually to reflect assessment, progress and outcomes as required.
• To work closely with our children and young people, providing evidence-based occupational therapy interventions and ensuring personalised adaptable plans of support. This will include communicating, reviewing and celebrating children and young people’s success and achievement with them.
• To develop evidence-based programmes of occupational therapy intervention and to formally evaluate the impact and outcomes of such interventions.
• To develop professional relationships with the other school staff.
• To keep accurate and contemporaneous online records following professional guidelines and in accordance with legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.
• To complete administrative requirements in a timely manner. These include evidencing that you are meeting EHCP requirements, liaison and completion of TDT reports and updating Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy electronic systems as appropriate.
• To attend regular, clinical supervision and line management supervision.
• To attend and/or inform professional meetings (such as Annual Reviews/TACs/PEPs/CLAs etc) where appropriate.
• To follow the HCPC standards and maintain membership of HCPC.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To maintain professional accountability
• To complete a 6-month probation period as well as ongoing annual performance management reviews.
• Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of all children and young people in our care. All staff have a key role and responsibility in this area.
• To follow Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy policies and procedures.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To participate in the school’s Staff Development Programme.
• To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested by the Deputy Principal - Pastoral.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
It’s an exciting time at Parkwood Hall and you would be joining at a transformational time for the academy. Under a new leadership team, Parkwood Hall has undergone radical changes to its behaviour ethos, and curriculum design and implementation.
Job purpose: This role involves leading occupational therapy support within the school setting as part of a Trans-Disciplinary Team, with a focus on driving and quality assuring occupational therapy interventions for children and young people. In addition to delivering high-quality interventions, the role includes overseeing the development of personalised support plans, supervising and mentoring therapeutic staff, and fostering a culture of reflective practice. The position plays a key role in service development, contributing to school improvement initiatives, and ensuring the highest standards of practice. This role also involves shaping training programmes, advising on service delivery, and maintaining professional and safeguarding standards across the school.
To be accountable to the Deputy Principal - Pastoral in all matters relating to the role. To liaise with the Principal, Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Trustees as required.
What the school offers its staff
In return, the successful candidates will join the committed and highly experienced classroom-based teams who are dedicated in providing the best education. Parkwood Hall offers an outstanding professional development package to all staff. In addition, Parkwood Hall also offers an Employee Assistance Programme, free hot drinks and snacks, and ample car parking. We are based on a beautiful site of more than 30 acres and an impressive Victorian building.
Further details about the role
Overall Duties
• As part of the Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT), you will support educational colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation offer both individualised and group interventions and engagement to our children and young people.
• Our therapists work collaboratively within our school, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will facilitate reflective practice and consultation, and provide workshops, training and guidance to the teams around our children.
• Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the school in line with identified EHCP provision and in response to arising needs.
• Use advanced specialist knowledge and levels of experience appropriately and effectively across a range of work practices which is underpinned by comprehensive and extensive theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• To use appropriate clinical and professional guidance within practice (e.g. RCOT or NICE guidance)
• Organise and facilitate internal child focused meetings where appropriate in partnership with the transdisciplinary team, ensuring appropriate staff are invited.
• To identity training needs, develop and facilitate training sessions to staff and parents/carers in relation to supporting our children and young people.
• To identify and deliver training to education or care staff teams in relation to supporting our children and young people
• To promote and facilitate reflective practice.
• To work with the Deputy Principal (Pastoral) in helping to promote and develop our service links and work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required.
• To induct, supervise and line manage other PHCA Occupational Therapists, or other therapeutic professionals where appropriate (e.g. Therapy Assistant).
• To advise and participate in service and practice development. This to include contributing to the development of School Improvement Planning.
• To quality assure reports the work and records of the Occupational Team.
• To support in the organisation and chairing of TDT meetings, including managing the allocation of internal referrals.
• To complete external referrals to specialist services as required.
• To role model to all children and young people, education and care colleagues how to promote self-esteem and positive relationships.
• To undertake high quality clinical assessments of children and young people and develop formulations of therapeutic need. To write reports as part of a transdisciplinary team or individually to reflect assessment, progress and outcomes as required.
• To work closely with our children and young people, providing evidence-based occupational therapy interventions and ensuring personalised adaptable plans of support. This will include communicating, reviewing and celebrating children and young people’s success and achievement with them.
• To develop evidence-based programmes of occupational therapy intervention and to formally evaluate the impact and outcomes of such interventions.
• To develop professional relationships with the other school staff.
• To keep accurate and contemporaneous online records following professional guidelines and in accordance with legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.
• To complete administrative requirements in a timely manner. These include evidencing that you are meeting EHCP requirements, liaison and completion of TDT reports and updating Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy electronic systems as appropriate.
• To attend regular, clinical supervision and line management supervision.
• To attend and/or inform professional meetings (such as Annual Reviews/TACs/PEPs/CLAs etc) where appropriate.
• To follow the HCPC standards and maintain membership of HCPC.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To maintain professional accountability
• To complete a 6-month probation period as well as ongoing annual performance management reviews.
• Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of all children and young people in our care. All staff have a key role and responsibility in this area.
• To follow Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy policies and procedures.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To participate in the school’s Staff Development Programme.
• To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested by the Deputy Principal - Pastoral.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.