Occupational Therapist

Are you looking for an employer who can offer you opportunities for growthand development in your occupational therapy career
- All whilst working withina friendly multidisciplinary team
in a rewarding
education
setting?

Do you want to have opportunities toparticipateinresearchprojects, special interest groups andform part of a wider occupational therapy network that meets regularly for training& development?

Do you want to have flexibility and be able to work creatively to deliver specialist OT assessment and intervention fostering independence within an education setting?

How about working for an employer who has been awarded a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the6th year running?

At OFG we believe in creating a better work life balance

Belmont Secondary School are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our expanding team. In the role you would be expected to implement a holistic, therapeutic and dynamic approach to helping our students in their daily lives - ensuring they are safe, comfortable and their occupational and sensory needs supported throughout their day. Undertaking all aspects of Occupational Therapy clinical duties, you would be expected to carry out standardised and non-standardised assessments, bespoke interventions, and prepare relevant documentation - including writing reports and sensory profiles.

In addition, you will provide information and training to staff, commissioners andother agencies as required.

You would be working within our well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary therapy team to help create an environment where our students can flourish, learn and develop. The team includes Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and therapy assistants. Someone with a rounded and integrated approach to care, education and clinical services would be perfect for this role.

Belmont School
- Lancashire

Every student is unique. Education should be personalised around them.

For more than 20 years, OFG Education has developed a deep understanding of how education designed around the individual can improve outcomes. Weknow that when students are understood - their strengths, interests, ambitions,starting points and needs - we can create personalised pathways that help them achieve and thrive.

Across our specialist schools, independent schools, online provision and support
services, every student benefits from education shaped around who they areand what they can become. We combine educational and clinical expertise with research, evidence-informed practice, innovation and technology, underpinned by consistently high standards.

From deep specialist support to exceptional academic challenge, we are ambitious for every student, helping them achieve academically, discover their strengths and develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and attitudes they needfor learning, work and life.

Every student. Every pathway. Every future

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Options Autism.

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• Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons)
• Registered with the HCPC and RCSLT or RCOT
• Awareness of Sensory Integration or Sensory regulation approaches
• Experience of working with children and/or adults who have an intellectual disability and/or autism with additional needs (e.g. complex trauma, mental health needs, behaviours of concern)
• Abi…