Paediatric Occupational Therapist Universal Services | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovativeOccupational Therapyprojectaimed at reducing inequalities in one of the most deprived areas of Enfield. The project will focus on improving outcomes for0-5 yearolds' fromidentifiedhigh riskgroups such as deprived areas. The post holder will work within a multi-agency team with a range of health, early years, social careand voluntary sector professionals. The post holder will have a role in the development, planningand provision of universal and targeted support strands for children at risk ofdevelopmental issues and concernsand their parents as well as the wider community support network.

• To continue to develop and extend the reach of universal services, delivering a modelof early intervention and prevention to children and families from birth to 5 years from deprived backgrounds.
• To offer training, supervision and support to health visitors, early years practitioners, nursery staff and parent champion volunteers working on the project.
• To run intervention groups for parents/carers of children with identified as 'at risk' of earlydevelopmentaldelay.
• To continue to develop and improve project communication strategy, strengthening key partnerships with colleagues within health, education, voluntary and social care sectors.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches. We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities. Take a tour of our hospitalhere MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• To continue to develop and extend the reach of universal services, deliveringa modelof early intervention and prevention to children and families from birth to 5 years from deprived backgrounds.
• To offer training, supervision and support to health visitors, early years practitioners, nursery staff and parent champion volunteers working on the project.
• To run intervention groups for parents/carers of children with identified as 'at risk' of earlydevelopmentaldelay.
• To continue to develop and improve project communication strategy, strengthening key partnerships with colleagues within health, education, voluntary and social care sectors.
• To work with the health visiting team and other professional groups in the private,voluntaryand independent sectors toestablisha clear and well-used referral pathway, offering guidance,trainingand support asrequired.
• To undertake screening and review assessments and to organise and run targeted intervention groups.
• To deliver and continue to improve on promotion and widespread uptake of an established training package to key partners within the early years sector.
PATIENT/CLIENTCARE :
• To safeguard and promote the welfare of children and work to agreed safeguardingchildrenpolicies
• To work alongside Early Years Practitioners to develop evidence-based interventions for individuals and groups experiencing difficulties with their child's development and or difficulties in the carer/infant relationship
• Toprovideexpert advice to parents and carers regarding children's development, and to promote healthy lifestyles to individuals and groups within the community
• To develop innovative ways of working to deliver early intervention to vulnerable and hard to reach families and tomodifythese asappropriate usingevaluation/outcome measurement tools
• To work innovatively with other professionals, organisations and volunteer colleagues sharing knowledge and skills to enhance service delivery and client care
• To adapt practice to meet individual client/carer's circumstances,taking into accountcultural and linguistic backgrounds and disabilities
• Toprovide highlyspecialist support andshort termintervention to families who have a child identified as being 'in need' involving them in their care planning, advocating on their behalf and signposting them to other services as appropriate
• To work effectively with clients, carers,colleaguesand education staff around individual case management, providing advice,guidanceand support as necessary and involving them in the planning and prioritisation of care wherever possible
• To produceaccurateand detailed reports, therapy programmes,adviceand information as necessaryin a timely manner, reflecting clinicalexpertise.
• To refer children to other health,educationor social services professionals as necessary
• To undertake home visits asrequired.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:
• To be able to gather information that may behighly sensitiveorhighly complexand to analyse it making a full assessment of a client's strengths and difficulties.
• To work closely with clients, carers, education staff and other professionals using empathy, tact,reassuranceand active listening to complete assessments, discuss results, and agree treatment options
• To discuss diagnosis and potential outcomes with parents/carers, Health and Local Authority colleagues, voluntary organisations, and work collaboratively in decision makingregardingreferral on and intervention
• To provide training to a variety of audiences on aspects offunctional development.
• Todemonstratehighly developed skills in motivating clients/carers to follow health improving advice and to engage in therapeutic interventions as appropriate
• Tobe responsible forcommunicating effectively with other Early Years professionals to provide an effective service, To plan and deliver training to parents/cares and health visiting staff as necessary
POLICY/SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION:
• To contribute to the development of teamobjectivesor projects asrequired
• To take a delegated lead in developing specific projects asrequired
• To develop care policies and protocols for specific clinical areas
• Toadviseline manager of issues of service delivery including staffing issues, service pressures etc.
• Touse highlyspecialist knowledge to contribute to service/policy development.
• To be aware of and adhere to all Trust and Service policies
• Toparticipateand contribute to innovations and developments in areas of risk management, Quality Standard Setting and Clinical Effectiveness
INFORMATION RESOURCES:
• To keep up to date andaccurateclientcase notes, whichcomply withquality guidelines/policies
• To share information with others,observingdata protection/information sharing guidelines
• To keep and send inaccuratestatistics within the required time limits
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
• Toparticipatein and contribute to the development of innovationsin the area ofrisk management, quality standards setting and clinical effectiveness
• Toparticipatein research/clinical audits asrequired.
  
  To analyse complex information on all aspects of adult and child interaction and communication skills andidentifythe best treatment programme for each individual family
• To understand the strengths and abilities of the child's family when discussing and planning home-based intervention
• To adapt intervention as necessary according to individual need,progressand ability
• To seek second opinions from colleagues inhighly complexcases and to provide second opinions for others including more junior members of the team
• To refer children to other professionals as appropriate
• Todemonstratethe ability to reflect on clinical practice and decide on the mostappropriate interventions
• To develop, record and adapt individual care plans, based on assessment results and response to treatment.
• To plan, adapt and target training to all levels of participants.
• To make joint decisions with other Early Years professionals analysing information provided by them
PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS


• To negotiate and manage conflict effectively in a range of settings, with support and supervision from line manager inhighly complexcases
• To deal withinitialcomplaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible
• To form effective therapeutic relationships with clients and/or carers who may be under stress and/or having challenging behaviour
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:
• Todemonstratehighly specialist knowledge ofdevelopmentalskills in children under 5 underpinned by current evidenced based practice andmaintainedthrough specialist courses and self-study
• Todemonstratea particular interest in and willingness to undertake training in working with complex families withvery youngchildren
• Toidentifyown training needs as part of the Professional Development Review and Professional Portfolio
• To attend further training as necessary tomaintainand further develop the skill and knowledge required of a highly specialistOT.
• To keep up to date with current clinical developments through reading, attendance at courses, meetings
• To develop and deliver specialist training (informal and formal) to parents/carers education staff, and other professionals
• Toprovidespecialist advice to colleagues and junior members of the team
• Tomaintainup to date professional registration with HCPCand RCOTat all times.
• Toparticipatein Peer/Clinical Support Groups
• To have a working knowledge of the Child Health Promotion Programme and the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
ANALYTICAL & JUDGEMENTAL SKILLS