Part-Time Occupational Therapist - Children and Young

(Part-Time) Occupational Therapist - Children and Young People

Are you looking for a new role working with children and young people?

We are looking for a occupational therapist to support our multi professional team in assessing children and young people for Autism and ADHD. the role will include carrying out assessment directly for children age 5 - 18 with the support of the team around you, additionally you will support the team to consider the needs of children and young people in the pathway and support greater understanding and consideration of occupational therapy in this space.

Please note this role is working part-time 22.5 hours per week.

Then this role is for you.

You will join a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities to grow in your career and continuing professional development. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.

• To support the multidisciplinary team to understand the profile and needs of the young people on your caseload and support the understanding in the team to make recommendations for adaptations to the assessment and within the report for other partner agencies.
• To raise the awareness of the occupational therapy needs of young people with neurodivergence in CAMHs.
• To offer trauma informed assessment to support with differential diagnosis for young people accessing CAMHs services.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your work including prioritising work.
• To clinically triage children and young people to identify clinical need, prioritisation, appropriate assessment and therapeutic intervention.
• To provide specialist and comprehensive trauma informed speech and Language therapy assessment for children / young people referred to the Service, for a range of clinical presentations within scope of competence. This will involve gathering, interpreting and evaluating highly complex information from a variety of sources, using evidence-based therapy outcome measures and analysing the child/yps needs using skilled problem-solving approaches.
• To independently make differential diagnoses on the basis of evidence from assessment and to develop clear care plans embedded in evidence base
• To formulate, implement, evaluate and adapt individualised treatment or management programmes for children / young people on the caseload, taking the childs and families goals into consideration and using clinical reasoning skills and support from senior staff.
• To provide advice, including writing reports, to others regarding the management and care of children / young people on the…