Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference for some of our most vulnerable children and young people?
Are you an looking for a new challenge as an Occupational Therapist? Then come and join our evolving Occupational Therapy workforce in our Children's Disability Team.
Are you wanting to expand your skill set and experience as an Occupational Therapist? We have many opportunities for professional development that will enable you to broaden your experience across our service.
If you are a qualified Occupational Therapist and hold a HCPC registration and are enthusiastic, motivated and are up for a new challenge, then this is an exciting opportunity for you.
Occupational Therapy is a vital function of our Children's Disability Team, the Children's Social Care vision in Hull is of 'a life not a service'. Children's Social Care is person centred and focuses on individuals' strengths to support them to take control of improving their own health, resilience, and wellbeing. We want to maximise people's independence so individuals can achieve their goals and aspirations and live life to the fullest.
We have established a close working relationship with multi-disciplinary teams across Childrens Social Care, and health colleagues within the NHS and as such we are not only able to collectively offer exceptional care and support to the people of Hull but also can offer excellent training, support, and development in your career.
The successful candidate will have the following

HCPC registration as Occupational Therapist
Knowledge of safeguarding legislation including the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty safeguards.
A passion to work with children and young people to enable them to live their life and not receive a service., 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.

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