Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties include:

Carry out specific designated treatment programmes and related tasks as agreed with the Occupational Therapist who has assessed the child, making adjustments within agreed parameters.

To advise children, families and other carers on routine use of equipment and how to make adjustments as appropriate.

To communicate effectively and sensitively with children and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential. This will involve the use of a range of communication skills including persuasion, motivation, explanation and an understanding of alternative communication systems that may be used by the child, including sign language, gestures and other non-verbal methods.

Participate in regular, documented supervision meetings with the Occupational Therapist to review the children under the post holders care and agree an action plan.

Advise parents, nursery/school staff and other carers on aspects of the Occupational Therapy care plan to reinforce Occupational Therapy objectives.

To plan and organise daily workload, ensuring that daily tasks and on-going workloads are prioritised and completed within agreed and acceptable timescales, ensuring that changes are discussed and agreed with the line manager

Communicate information effectively to the multi-disciplinary team, including colleagues in Education, Social Care and Health and other services to contribute to the delivery of a co-ordinated service.

To maintain cleanliness of toys and equipment, following the departmental policy.

Be an active member of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Team participating in staff meetings, in-service training programmes and team appraisals. Through the appraisal system, work with senior staff to identify own learning needs.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Work experience of applying basic care skills in a community/clinical setting.
• Relevant prior experience as an Occupational Therapy Assistant or relevant work experience (working with children in a community/clinical setting)
• Experience of working independently and managing own time whilst prioritising activities.

Desirable

• Experience of working with child/children with a disability (desirable).
• Experience of providing a clerical support service within a team environment (desirable).

Personal qualities

Essential

• Demonstrate a commitment to team working.
• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in work setting

Qualifications / training

Essential

• NNEB, or NVQ Level III/ BTEC Qualification in a Child/Patient Care Related Subject

Skills

Essential

• Ability to organise own workload.
• Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of Health and Safety at Work. Ability to use basic word processing and windows based computer packages.
• Ability to generate written communication which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Soho Health Centre

Soho Road

Birmingham

B21 9RY

Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)