Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist

Are you passionate about unlocking the potential of children and young people and supporting their families in their homes, schools and community life?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced occupational therapist to join our innovative and friendly Childrens therapy service team in North Hampshire.

You will be working with children aged 0-19 years old with physical disabilities and co-ordination difficulties. The children's therapy service offers universal, targeted and specialist support. To enable Occupational Therapists to provide evidence based interventions a training package is offered with this post to upskill the successful candidate in the clinical pathway they will primarily be working in when they start with us. External training offered would be one of the following courses (subject to availability) cognitive orientation to occupational performance (CO-OP), Bi-Manual and Modified Constraint Therapy or Postural Management. We would encourage the successful applicant to engage in quality improvement projects, our internal training programme and clinical supervision.

This post will suit a candidate who has a degree in OT and holds a professional registration with the HCPC. Previous experience working with children and /or experience of community, learning disabilities or neurology in a qualified occupational therapy role is desirable but not essential.

We would support flexible working and relocation packages within the UK can be explored.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing specialist, evidence-based and outcome focused assessment and intervention. You will also support in the delivery of targeted interventions to parents and education settings to enable them to support children with additional needs. The team has a strong emphasis on occupationally focused, family centred and evidence based care and you will have the opportunity to gain skills in approaches such as; cognitive orientation to occupational performance, modified constraint and occupational coaching, posture management.

This post will suit a candidates who has a degree in Occupational Therapy and holds a professional registration with the HCPC. Previous experience working with children and /or experience of community, learning disabilities or neurology in a qualified occupational therapy role is desirable as the majority of the clinical caseload is supporting children with co-ordination difficulties and physical disabilities.