Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6)

To personally undertake a case load of referrals to include: Visiting and assessing children and young people with OT Needs. To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support. Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis. Advice and treatment for children and young people with functional difficulties and sensory processing needs. Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level. Maintaining children/young peoples records to a high standard. Specific Duties: To advise and support school staff on the education of children and young people with OT Needs including: Screening and Assessment Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of occupational therapy provision required in line with service criteria. At the point of referral gathering relevant information regarding previous and
current input from health and social care services. Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on access to education. Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care. Contributing to professional advice regarding the statutory assessment and annual review process both in Sutton and in out-of-borough settings if necessary. Maintainingeffective liaison with all partners e.g. parents/carers, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice. Treatment and Provision Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers To recommend, provide or advise on provision of
equipment and take responsibility for demonstrating its usage and training clients/carers. To undertake risk assessment in complex moving and handling situations where appropriate i.e. provision of equipment identified for the school environment. To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders. Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum. Promote robust transition arrangements for pupils with Occupational Therapy needs including: Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people. Education and Development Responsibility To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the
highest standard of care to service users. To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required. To contribute to formulating policies for specialist area and proposals for general service changes. As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers. To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements. To contribute to collaborative working between all specialist SEN teams by: Attending and contributing to Team meetings. Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for children and young people with Occupational Therapy Needs.