Occupational Therapist

£37,602

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.
- £45,426 (including paid school holidays) excellent benefits Those Huge Small Victories Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in This role is based at Pontville School either full or part time, covering maternity until January 2027.

Pontville School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls.

Based in Ormskirk, the school is regarded by many as the first choice for speech, language and social communication in the UK.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND.

Across all of our specialist schools and childrens homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision.

Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Occupational Therapists work collaboratively within our schools and childrens homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people.

You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you We know youre going to do great things.

For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector.

With us, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:
Training : A full induction and on the job training Holiday :
Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays Clinical Development :
If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development Flexible benefits : meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefits here Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schools here A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time Bring your whole self to work Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.

The kind of person were looking for will:
Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC Have experience and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.

Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things.

Youll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220 strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us? At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are.

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