Our client has a superb Occupational Therapist Band 6 vacancy in South West London. This School is a leading provider of education for children and young people aged 2 - 19 years with profound and multiple learning difficulties and sensory impairment, including deaf-blindness, physical disability, and complex medical needs.

Occupational Therapist Band 6
Salary: £42,471 - £50,364 - inclusive of High-Cost Area Supplement
Location: Southwest London
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 52 Weeks per year (All Year Round)
Specialty: Paediatrics/ Special School setting.
Sponsorship available

They are a growing service with a focus on integrated and evidenced-based working as well as growing our provision to meet the needs of our young people. The team is made up of 24 on site PT/OT and SLT's working across the school to provide therapy to our pupils with the opportunity to contribute towards and support ongoing service development.

Job Role:
* To assess for and advise on specialist equipment and liaise with other agencies in relation to provision as and when necessary.
* To regularly review individual children / young people's postural needs. This will require the ability to work jointly and flexibly with physiotherapy colleagues as appropriate.
* To provide input into the residential unit at Linden Lodge to address functional self-care and independence skills, making recommendations for equipment and providing advice to support workers.
* To monitor each child or young person's progress and adjust intervention or programmes as necessary.
* To demonstrate clinical effectiveness through the implementation of evidence-based practice with support of the clinical lead occupational therapist.
* To utilise child / young person reported and standardised outcome measures as appropriate in order to promote meaningful occupational engagement and demonstrate changes in occupational performance.
* To contribute to child related reports that reflect specialist knowledge, identify occupational therapy needs and evaluate progress.
* To maintain clear and concise documents and clinical records that are in accordance with both school's policies and RCOT guidance on note keeping.
* To develop skills in training and contribute to a range of both discipline specific and multi- disciplinary teaching programmes to support families, education staff and colleagues.
* To take part in discussions and planning to meet individual children's needs to ensure occupational therapy targets are embedded throughout the school, residential service and carry over into the home environment (including EHC plan reviews).
* To comply with requests from Education Authorities to contribute a professional perspective to a child's Education, Health and Care plan, following departmental guidelines and the SEN code of practice.
* To demonstrate skills in and advise on the therapeutic handling of clients with disabilities, including the ability to move patients and clients e.g. in wheelchairs within moving and handling guidelines.
* To have due regard for own personal safety and that of children/ carers, in particular to have regard to moving and handling regulations, restraining policies and ensure the safe positioning of self and others.
* To engage in any other relevant clinical duties identified by the Clinical Team Lead and or school management.
The postholder will support development of a high quality, evidence-based therapy service through the promotion of professional and clinical guidance frameworks, in line with national initiatives such as Children's National Service Frameworks, NICE, the Children's Act, RCOT and other child related areas and will support implementation with the integrated therapy team.
* To be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy to children and young people within a specialist area at Lodge School and residential service. The service operates in accordance with the professional standards for occupational therapy practice set by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT). This may at times require home visits to children living in Wandsworth and surrounding areas.
* To provide specialist, evidence-based occupational therapy provision for children and young people, in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary therapy team and education services.
* To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment of children and young people with a wide range of neurodevelopmental disabilities and subsequent additional needs. This may include the assessment of children with complex physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, social communication difficulties and sensory impairments.

Return Client offers:
* Fantastic Salary package
* Employee Assistance programme
* A ring-fenced training budget for Therapy CPD
* Therapy development days
* Free local gym membership
* End of term staff awards
* Weekly art and Yoga classes

For more information, please contact parul.patel@justot.co.uk