Job summary
Children's Therapies is a supportive and well established, integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists working across a range of community settings including early years clinics, mainstream and special schools, within Sandwell.

We are looking for experienced Paediatric Occupational Therapists to take a lead role in developing and delivering our service provision into schools using a tiered model approach.

Main duties of the job

• To provide universal, targeted and specialist support to children and young people referred to the service.
• To work with parents and carers to ensure they are confident and competent to implement advice / therapy strategies into the child's daily routine.
• To contribute to Education Health and Care assessments and provide written reports outlining abilities needs and required support.
• To provide leadership, supervision and support for junior staff and colleagues within the wider team.

About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Job responsibilities

• Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what the role entails

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Relevant professional degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration

Experience

• Evidence of a range of post-graduate and post-competency experience working with children in a variety of settings, with a range of paediatric conditions and experience of delivering a range of appropriate, evidence-based interventions
• Experience of managing and prioritising a case-load.
• Experience of participating in the delivery and development of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and non-professional.
• Experience of participating in clinical service development in response to local and national priorities involving audit, quality initiatives, research and user feedback.
• Experience of working with assistants, students, newly qualified therapists and others as appropriate.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of conditions and potential impact on children's occupational performance
• Knowledge of government directives that influence the provision of children's services
• Excellent written skills for the purposes of report writing, designing training packages and contributing to policies

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.