Senior Peripatetic Occupational Therapist

Senior Peripatetic Occupational Therapist

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Company Name:
Colten Care

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Job Title:
Senior Peripatetic Occupational Therapist

Location:
Home based, frequent travel across our schools and homes in the South of England.

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annumplus £3,000 car allowance and £2000 car allowance

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm

Contract:
Permanent, Full Time

We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals, and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Clinical Hub. In this role you will be responsible for providing assessment and planning intervention for a caseload of children and young adults in our specialist schools and residential homes across the South of England. This unique role allows for flexibility, you will be based at home and travel to the required sites to undertake assessment.

You will hold a caseload of children, young people or adults with autism and associated needs such as ADHD, social communication difficulties, sensory processing needs and trauma within these settings.

You will take a lead in providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention plans to support and develop the independence and functional skills of pupils with complex needs. You will have the full support of our large and experienced Clinical Hub. Both a challenging and rewarding role, this position would suit a resilient and enthusiastic individual, with a therapeutic approach and the ability to make decisions, as well as manage your own workload.

Our well-established Clinical Team, maintain a nurturing and loving environment where our children can flourish. Always putting our children and young people at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our children and young people are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

When it comes to looking after our children, we strive for excellence, which is why we are the leading children services provider in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for an Occupational Therapist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of high-quality foster care and special needs education and care. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Care and Options Autism.

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• Recognised Occupational Therapy degree
• Valid and up to date HCPC Registration
• Registered member of RCOT
• post qualification experience of working as a Therapist within an educational, adult learning disability or complex needs setting
• Experience with in the specialist client group. (autism and associated conditions, sensory processing difficulties, learning disabilities/difficulties and associated challenging behaviour)
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, complex, technical and clinically sensitive information to the specific client group, their carers and families and a wide range of professionals outside the service
• Advanced knowledge of models of service delivery
• Good time management and…