Children''s Occupational Therapy Assistant Team Manager

Children''s Occupational Therapy Assistant Team Manager Salary £45,718 - £48,710 per annum FTE (pro rata for part-time) Job Introduction We are seeking a Children''s Occupational Therapy Assistant Team Manager to join our innovative, supportive social care team within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. As a team we strive to enable Children and Young People to participate, function and engage in family life within their home environment as safely and independently as possible. This exciting opportunity will combine providing daily operational management and holding a small caseload and includes the responsibility and clinical oversight of our OT equipment review system and supporting the team with casework and supervisions. There will be opportunity to also maintain a small, reduced caseload, to ensure clinical skills are kept up to date with emphasis on complex casework. Case work includes assessment and prescription of Specialist Equipment, Complex Seating and Postural Management, Complex Major adaptations/Disabled Facilities Grants, Minor adaptations, and Manual Handling Risk Assessments. You will be working alongside Social Workers, Family Support Practitioners and a wider established multi-disciplinary team within social care and SEND services. We also have established links with our Health colleagues. You must have a diverse knowledge and understanding of how disability can affect children and their families and a sound awareness of safeguarding. We are ..... full job details .....