Children's Occupational Therapist

Are you an enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist with experience working with children in clinic, community and/or school-based settings?

Join our friendly, ambitious and innovative SWFT Children's OT Team and be part of an exciting new partnership with Warwickshire ICB and Warwickshire County Council.

Through the Expert at Hand initiative, you'll help bring specialist OT expertise directly into mainstream education, empowering staff and supporting children through earlier universal advice and targeted intervention.

You'll manage a varied caseload using established, evidence-based clinical pathways, alongside helping develop and deliver this exciting new offer.

Based in Nuneaton, Rugby or Warwick, we offer flexible working, regular clinical supervision, PDRs and excellent CPD opportunities.

If you're collaborative, adaptable and passionate about improving outcomes for children and families, we'd love to hear from you!

Please note that these roles are community based, To provide effective Occupational Therapy service to children and young people across Warwickshire within a variety of community based settings.

Following the principles of Governance, to develop and maintain a high quality service, through recognised professional standards, evidence based practice, and effective clinical audit programme.

To use a client centred approach within the multi-disciplinary team, and to work as an autonomous practitioner to enable each client to achieve their potential in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure, and to promote independence and participation in life roles in the home and community.

To manage a caseload of clients with complex conditions.

To deputise for the Senior Therapy Staff as required.

a valid UK driving licence and independent mean of transport is essential.

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these positions. Applicants must have the appropriate right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below: