Specialist Occupational Therapist (Community)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced occupational therapist who has a passion for working with children with disabilities to join our mainstream schools team in Sheffield.

You will be welcomed by experienced physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants and supported and encouraged to develop your skills, knowledge and experience as a specialist OT.

You will need to be a creative, forward thinking and organised individual who is passionate about enabling children and young people to achieve their potential as well as being proactive in enabling the service to develop and improve.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high standard of occupational therapy care as a member of the multi-disciplinary teams within the Community team that includes the assessment, treatment and management of children and young people with severe and complex physical and learning disabilities.
• To perform occupational therapy assessments of children presenting with a wide range of conditions and problems.
• To provide a diagnosis of the problem related to occupational therapy.
• To develop highly skilled knowledge in order to deliver an individualised treatment programme for each child.
• To independently manage a personal caseload of children within a defined area of the service or a particular client group, working without direct supervision.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as a developing autonomous practitioner and access the advice, training and support from senior occupational therapists where appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at [email protected]

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care