Children’s Occupational Therapy Assistant

5 months ago

Peterborough, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are currently looking to recruit an Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our Children's Occupational Therapy Team. We are a small enthusiastic and hard-working team based in the Child Development Centre. We provide a service for children with neurodevelopmental difficulties or concerns around engagement within meaningful daily activities. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and the role will involve providing support to children, young people and their families across Peterborough.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability and an ability to work under pressure at times. In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust were possible.

If you are looking for a new challenge, variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting children, young people and their families, then please consider applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

o To assist the Occupational Therapists and work as part of the Occupational Therapy team, to provide the highest standard of care working in community paediatrics (for children aged between 0 to 19 years).o To implement and evaluate delegated OT interventions in activities relating to their treatment To actively participate & work with a range of other professional teams, which may include Education, Health and Social To work alone in domiciliary and community settings as well as part of the Community Paediatric and wider Child Development Unit To undertake administrative duties to support the clinical practice of the Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy team.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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

1. To be legally responsible, and accountable for all aspects of your work conduct, including management of patients and their care. To ensure a high standard of care for the patients you treat and support other staff to do To assist the OT during the assessment process & to contribute to the treatment To carry out treatment programmes to individuals or groups, following assessment by a qualified OT, to monitor treatment progress & to report that progress to the responsible To implement minor treatment changes within defined To carry a caseload of paediatric patients whose overall care is supervised by a qualified OT, & whose condition is relatively To practise unsupervised in a variety of settings & conditions ensuring access to a qualified professional at all To communicate advice & information, teaching & monitoring simple techniques (such as therapy programmes) to relatives, carers, and school staff & to promote understanding of the aims of OT & thus ensuring a consistent approach to patient To communicate effectively with community paediatric patients & their carers using skills of encouragement, motivation, explanation and gaining informed consent. Barriers to effective communication will regularly be evident. loss of hearing, and/or vision, altered perception, expressive and receptive dysphasia, pain and fear. Many patients will lack the capacity to To maintain accurate, comprehensive and contemporaneous documentation in line with legal and departmental To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out OT duties, adhering to the departments medical devices To demonstrate & teach the use of appropriate equipment to children, carers & other staff seating12. To represent the Community Paediatric OT team in meetings as & when deemed necessary.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

A-levels or equivalent qualifications Good level of written English

Desirable

IT qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in health/school related field. Knowledge of normal child development

Desirable

Experience of working with children with disabilities/ Special Educational needs Experience of group work

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Good communication & listening skills Ability to work as part of a team Good organisational skills

Desirable

Care giving skills Awareness of Safeguarding

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

Ability to relate to children & adults. Awareness of confidentiality Ability to work on own initiative Awareness of Equality & diversity

Physical Requirements

Essential

Ability to participate in moving and handling activities following appropriate training and risk assessment plans.

Other

Essential

Car driver / ability to travel within locality

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