Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist

Package Description

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• AFC Pension and terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We are looking for a Band 6 Children’s Occupational Therapist to join our Community Children’s Therapy Team in Essex, to help us continue to change things for the better.

Are you acaring and innovative Occupational Therapist with skills, working with children and adolescents with a variety of conditions, looking to join a supportive and progressive team?Are you interested in working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with most of our services being rated overall “good” or “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission?

We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist tojoin our friendly and supportive Essex Integrated Therapies Team.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritise your own caseload independently.
• Assess children with performance difficulties and provide tailored self-management advice.
• Recommend and arrange specialist equipment for home and school use.
• Support the Team Lead and Therapies Manager in achieving service targets.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and governance procedures.
• Take part in supervision, training, and team meetings.
• Assess, diagnose, and develop treatment plans in collaboration with patients and carers.
• Write assessment reports and select appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Deliver and evaluate treatment to ensure effective outcomes.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

he Ideal Candidate Will Have:

A Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy with HCPC registration and a minimum of two years post graduate practice in paediatrics, with experience of working with children and young people in the community

Postgraduate training or relevant experience in areas such as child development, autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental conditions .

Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Experience working with children in a paediatric setting.

Proficiency in a range of assessments and treatment approaches.

Strong knowledge of typical and atypical child development.

Experience delivering Children’s Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions, grounded in relevant theory.

Ability to analyse assessments and create SMART goal-based treatment plans.

Skill in designing and delivering tailored Occupational Therapy programmes.

Understanding of specialist equipment and postural management.

Effective multi-agency and multidisciplinary working skills.

A solid grasp of child protection procedures.

Knowledge of the EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) process for children with special educational needs.

Strong communication and…