Specialist Occupational Therapist - Band 6

The role of Specialist Occupational Therapist will provide a high quality, evidence based occupational therapy service, which promotes participation and functional activity of children and young people accessing our neurorehabilitation services. Our service delivery aims to promote outcome focussed interventions, safe care, function and participation of children and young people accessing home, school, and community life. You will deliver child and family focused, goal led interventions at a specialist level within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency setting. Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more Read more below. Role Requirements Clinical Skills and Responsibilities Provide high quality, evidence based occupational therapy provision for children and young people, in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and education services. Undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments of children with a range of needs including highly complex needs. Develop therapy goals, in collaboration and with the child and family/carers, as well as the MDT, to maximise recovery and facilitate the participation of the child in their daily life. Devise and carry out therapeutic interventions that are developmentally appropriate, goal directed, and occupation centred both in terms of means and outcome. Use observational and standardised outcome measures to monitor and evaluate each child''s progress and adjust intervention/programmes, as ..... full job details .....