Job summary
We are currently looking to recruit to our Community Children's Occupational Therapy Team. We are a small enthusiastic and hard-working team based near the Child Development Centre in the heart of Peterborough City Centre.
We provide a service for children between the ages of 0-19 years old, with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties or concerns around engagement within meaningful daily activities. We work very closely within a supportive multi-disciplinary team and the role will involve providing support to children, young people, and their families across Peterborough. This will involve working at your clinic base, local special schools, a childs home, mainstream schools and local pre-school settings dependent on need.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic and sense of accountability accompanied by an ability to work under pressure at times. This post is open to individuals with the right attributes to enhance a team. In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting children, young people and their families, then look no further.
Main duties of the job
To provide responsive and accessible Occupational Therapy to children referred to the service, in the most appropriate environment, Child Development Centre, special school, mainstream school and other community settings for children aged 0-19. More recently our service is evolving and also offers virtual assessments and online resources.
To work in close co-operation with designated Medical Consultants, Community Paediatricians, other health care professionals and staff from agencies such as Education & Social Care.
To maintain a full clinical caseload. To have joint responsibility and clinicalsupervision with the team to determine priorities and caseload management to a high professional standard using specialist knowledge and experience.
To ensure a high standard of care based on agreed prioritisation with all disciplines and agencies involved with the child, young person and their family.
To communicate with these agencies, parents and children in an appropriate manner, often with sensitive information regarding diagnosis and outcomes.
To coach and teach parents skills and strategies as appropriate.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your own care.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To implement the Occupational Therapy Service in respect of treatment of all referred children and young people.
To organise the caseload in such a way as to make optimum use of personal skills in the context of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency work.
To assess, treat and evaluate children/young people referred to the service to include individual and other appropriate group work.
To work in close co-operation with relatives and carers and to offer support as appropriate.
To maintain close links and liaise with other agencies involved with the child.
To attend clinics, school reviews and meetings as appropriate.
To adhere and maintain professional standards and clinical guideline as set by heads of service and the specialist section of the College of OccupationalTherapists Children and Young People and Families.
To develop specialist skills pertaining to the service, attending appropriate courses where funding is available. To be prepared to share these skills with the multidisciplinary / multi-agency arena.
To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote an understanding of the aims of occupational therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to the childs care including staff in an educational setting.
To deliver training sessions to parents, carers and other people involved in the childs care on topics including sensory processing, fine motor skills andcoordination difficulties.
To communicate effectively with children and their carers to enable them tounderstand the medical conditions and /or to give sensitive/emotive information concerning diagnosis, prognosis or outcomes.
To assess individual children for specialist equipment for postural management, activities of daily living and independence, (including access to the curriculum within the school setting).
To facilitate the provision of prescribed equipment, to instruct those concerned with the child in both home and school settings in the use of thatequipment and to monitor use.
To monitor new developments in specialist equipment. To participate in clinical trails of equipment and communicate with manufacturers.
To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out occupational therapy duties and to adhere to departmental equipment policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision practice.
Maintain accurate and up to date documentation in line with legal and CPFT requirements. To communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters. Provide information for statutory assessment for education and child protection purposes.
Be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the service.
Be aware of the Health and safety aspects of the work undertaken and implement any polices which may be required to improve the safety of the working environment, including the prompt recording and incident reporting on line. Ensuring that equipment used is safe and fit for purpose.
To comply with the mandatory Care Quality Commission Standards for health within the organisation. To work within the service specific policies and procedures.
To undertake other duties, which may be considered as appropriate by the Service Manager Paediatric Therapies. The post holder will be required to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
To hold a shared responsibility for the Occupational Therapy offices, treatment area and store.
To contribute to the management of equipment and stock system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To implement the Occupational Therapy Service in respect of treatment of all referred children and young people.
To organise the caseload in such a way as to make optimum use of personal skills in the context of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency work.
To assess, treat and evaluate children/young people referred to the service to include individual and other appropriate group work.
To work in close co-operation with relatives and carers and to offer support as appropriate.
To maintain close links and liaise with other agencies involved with the child.
To attend clinics, school reviews and meetings as appropriate.
To adhere and maintain professional standards and clinical guideline as set by heads of service and the specialist section of the College of OccupationalTherapists Children and Young People and Families.
To develop specialist skills pertaining to the service, attending appropriate courses where funding is available. To be prepared to share these skills with the multidisciplinary / multi-agency arena.
To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote an understanding of the aims of occupational therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to the childs care including staff in an educational setting.
To deliver training sessions to parents, carers and other people involved in the childs care on topics including sensory processing, fine motor skills andcoordination difficulties.
To communicate effectively with children and their carers to enable them tounderstand the medical conditions and /or to give sensitive/emotive information concerning diagnosis, prognosis or outcomes.
To assess individual children for specialist equipment for postural management, activities of daily living and independence, (including access to the curriculum within the school setting).
To facilitate the provision of prescribed equipment, to instruct those concerned with the child in both home and school settings in the use of thatequipment and to monitor use.
To monitor new developments in specialist equipment. To participate in clinical trails of equipment and communicate with manufacturers.
To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out occupational therapy duties and to adhere to departmental equipment policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision practice.
Maintain accurate and up to date documentation in line with legal and CPFT requirements. To communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters. Provide information for statutory assessment for education and child protection purposes.
Be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the service.
Be aware of the Health and safety aspects of the work undertaken and implement any polices which may be required to improve the safety of the working environment, including the prompt recording and incident reporting on line. Ensuring that equipment used is safe and fit for purpose.
To comply with the mandatory Care Quality Commission Standards for health within the organisation. To work within the service specific policies and procedures.
To undertake other duties, which may be considered as appropriate by the Service Manager Paediatric Therapies. The post holder will be required to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
To hold a shared responsibility for the Occupational Therapy offices, treatment area and store.
To contribute to the management of equipment and stock system.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Commitment to Lifelong learning
Desirable
- Member of the Children & Young People & Family Specialist Interest Group
- Post graduate training related to the field of Children's Occupational Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist
- This experience will include consolidation of the OT process; occupational therapy assessment, goal setting and intervention.
- Relevant experience embedded into practice with standardised assessments, moving and handling, sensory processing awareness, range of movement and postural care knowledge and simple equipment assessments.
Desirable
- Experience of working within children's services, with clear knowledge and understanding of child development.
- Previous experience of the OT process whilst working with children with physical disability and neurodevelopmental difficulties.
- Experience working within a community service.
- Experience of working as a part of multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of the EHCP process.
- Sensory Integration knowledge.
- Experience of assessment and recommendation of specialist seating.
- Assessment and provision of off the shelf hand splints.
- Experience leading/participating in workshops/lecturing
- Group intervention experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills both written & verbal when interacting with children & their parents/ carers, members of the team & other professionals
- IT literate
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work as a team and independently
- Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
Desirable
- Commitment to audit & research
- Knowledge of SystmOne
- Experience of delivering in-service training within team and externally such as educational settings
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of common Paediatric conditions (such as Cerebral palsy, DCD & ASD) & an understanding of associated conditions which will impact on function/intervention
- Awareness of moving and handling legislation
- Demonstrates an understanding of safeguarding issues
- Ability to work with a child centred approach
Desirable
- SEND reforms
- Awareness of a tiered approach to service delivery
Other
Essential
- Access to transport for work purposes
- Ability to adapt to changes in work routine
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Commitment to Lifelong learning
Desirable
- Member of the Children & Young People & Family Specialist Interest Group
- Post graduate training related to the field of Children's Occupational Therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist
- This experience will include consolidation of the OT process; occupational therapy assessment, goal setting and intervention.
- Relevant experience embedded into practice with standardised assessments, moving and handling, sensory processing awareness, range of movement and postural care knowledge and simple equipment assessments.
Desirable
- Experience of working within children's services, with clear knowledge and understanding of child development.
- Previous experience of the OT process whilst working with children with physical disability and neurodevelopmental difficulties.
- Experience working within a community service.
- Experience of working as a part of multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of the EHCP process.
- Sensory Integration knowledge.
- Experience of assessment and recommendation of specialist seating.
- Assessment and provision of off the shelf hand splints.
- Experience leading/participating in workshops/lecturing
- Group intervention experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good communication skills both written & verbal when interacting with children & their parents/ carers, members of the team & other professionals
- IT literate
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work as a team and independently
- Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so
Desirable
- Commitment to audit & research
- Knowledge of SystmOne
- Experience of delivering in-service training within team and externally such as educational settings
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of common Paediatric conditions (such as Cerebral palsy, DCD & ASD) & an understanding of associated conditions which will impact on function/intervention
- Awareness of moving and handling legislation
- Demonstrates an understanding of safeguarding issues
- Ability to work with a child centred approach
Desirable
- SEND reforms
- Awareness of a tiered approach to service delivery
Other
Essential
- Access to transport for work purposes
- Ability to adapt to changes in work routine
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
