Details:
- Salary: £38 - Hour
- Job Type: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Basingstoke Hampshire
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Childrens Occupational Therapist
Location: Basingstoke
Contract Type: Temp - Term time 3 days a week hybrid working
Salary: £38.00 P/H Umbrella rate
About the Role
Connect2Hampshire are currently recruiting for a Children's Occupational Therapist to work at Hampshire County Councils Occupational Therapist children's team based in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Children's Occupational Therapist to join the team. The ideal candidate will strive to continually improve their clinical skills, enjoy working in a team environment and have experience working with children who have sensory difficulties and a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
You will act as a source of OT expertise providing clinical supervision and specialist assessment/intervention. The post holder will hold a caseload working across the different environments such as home, school and clinics.
The Occupational Health children's team encompasses both physiotherapy and speech and language therapy enabling strong opportunities for close joint working. Relationships also extend to other pathways, such as Neurodiversity and Learning Disability, placing the child at the heart of the teams practice.
What is the day-to-day of the role:
To provide Specialist OT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases.
Provide support and clinical supervision to OT staff across Hampshire
Work within the Physical and Sensory Pathway providing support to Occupational Therapists working across a range of pathways.
Screen and triage referrals and ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support the complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community.
Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers.
Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs.
Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care
Required Skills and Qualifications
Full OT qualifications
HCPC registration
UK Occupational Therapy experience
Excellent written and verbal communication
UK Drivers licence
Enhanced Adult and Child DBS
Benefits
Hours - Hybrid working (3 days a week - term time)Pay Rates £38.00 per hour, weekly pay*
About Us
Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.
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