Occupational Therapist – SEN School
@Mind Professionals posted 4 months ago Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Jobs ID 41296
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Band Flexible
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Profession Occupational Therapist
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Role type Permanent
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Profession Category Allied Healthcare
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Job Description
Occupational Therapist – SEN School
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time (Term-time)
Specialty: Special Educational Needs
Salary: £37,602 – £45,426
Mind Professionals are looking for an Occupational Therapist for full-time (term-time) work with a private client, specialising in Special Educational Needs for Children and Young People.
The post holder will be working at an independent, specialist day school which provides high quality education to pupils (aged 5-16 years old) with special educational needs including ADHD, autism, speech, language & communication difficulties and social & emotional difficulties.
Key Responsibilities:
– Use advanced specialist knowledge and levels of experience appropriately and effectively across a range of work practices which is underpinned by comprehensive and extensive theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
– Assess the motor, perceptual and sensory integration skills of the young people and to ascertain how any differences impact on their function and participation.
– Write reports based on your findings to support the young people, education and care staff and to inform annual reviews.
– Work with the young people to provide Occupational Therapy, as identified from assessment in line with the company’s Model of Intervention, including environmental, whole school interventions as well as 1:1 work with individual children, group work and whole class work, as part of the MDT.
– To undertake high quality assessments of children and young people and make recommendations about appropriate therapeutic interventions for each child or young person, in accordance with individual assessed needs.
– To provide line management and clinical supervision to allocated Therapies Assistants within the setting and to support Newly Qualified Occupational Therapists within the setting
– To work closely with children, young people and their staff to ensure a personalised plan of delivery.