Sensory Integration Occupational Therapist

Sensory Integration Occupational Therapist Would you like to work in a truly inter-disciplinary team and for an organisation with a focus on being child centred and parent positive?

Weare looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist with postgraduate training inSensory Integration, who is experienced working with neurodiversity to join ourOccupational Therapy team. The position will support both the Complex TraumaService as well as the Wellbeing Hub.

This role will be an exciting and challenging position working closelyin collaboration with psychotherapists and the wider team.

If you wish to apply please read the recruitment pack and email us a completed application form and a CV. (see attached documents)

Main duties of the job We are interested in both experienced candidates as well as sensory integration trainees.

The ideal candidate:

• celebrates working as part of an integrated and multi-disciplinary team
• has some knowledge of Sensory Integration and is passionate to learn and integrate a Sensory Integration approach into their practice
• has experience or a strong interest in working with children and families in adoption, mental health, learning disability and schools
• is passionate about working with neuro-diverse children and their families
• has experience of working with children and families in a therapeutic setting
• is parent-positive and child-friendly
• wishes to develop their therapeutic skills in working with children, parents and families
• has a strong interest in learning about the Family Futures Neuro Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) approach to the treatment of developmentally traumatised children.

About us Family Futures is a Voluntary Adoption Agency specialising in providingmulti-disciplinary assessments and treatment to traumatised children. We wereawarded an outstanding rating for our last four consecutive inspections byOFSTED including our most recent inspection in December 2022. We have areputation for innovation and offer a high-quality service an integratedmulti-disciplinary, assessment, treatment and family-finding service forchildren who are traumatised and have attachment difficulties.

In March 2023, we launched our new Wellbeing Hub which offersevidence-based, one-to-one therapy for children, young people, and families toimprove their mental health, relationships, physical health, and engagement atschool. As an OT, you would be involved in our new standalone SensoryIntegration assessments. Join our team and contribute to the development anddelivery of this service, making a positive impact on the wellbeing of ourcommunity.

We offer excellent staff development opportunities and a highly nurturing environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from suitably qualified applicatns regardless of age, disablity, sex, gender reassignment , sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil parntership.

Job responsibilities Reports to:

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Main Tasks:

The post holder will be responsible for providing:

• Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention with an emphasis on a Sensory Integration frame of reference to children seen by the Therapy Team, the i-Adopt and We-foster team, and the Wellbeing Hub, as well as some sensory intervention with parents about their own sensory function.
• OT intervention to several family teams (usually in the early stages of treatment) working with a variety of therapists (Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Social Workers).
• Assessment of prospective adoptive parents and of the prospective adoptive child through the i-Adopt service.
• Assessment as part of the team carrying out MDT Assessments.

The post holder will be working in a highly specialised clinical role, working with both children and young people (ages range from about 4-18 years) and their parents. The children and young people present with multiple sensory, attachment, mental health, emotional, physical and learning disabilities, many of whom have developmental trauma and exhibit complex and challenging behaviours.

Primary duties and areas of responsibility:

Collaboration with MDT and parent/s

• Operate collaboratively as an integrated member of the therapy team offering OT consultations, screening, comprehensive assessments and intervention to children and their parents/carers referred to Family Futures.
• To support and work collaboratively with the childs therapist in sessions.
• Work collaboratively with the parents as members of the team
• Be child focused and parent positive.

Assessment

• Provide functional OT assessment which has an emphasis on a sensory integration frame of reference, for children/young people within the context of the family, school and social environments.
• Administer a range of OT assessments.
• Involvement in MDT family assessments
• Sometimes to provide support to the in-house ASC and FASD assessment clinics
• Flag when further assessment or local services, for example, OT, Physiotherapy, SALT, Paediatrician, Behavioural Optometry, FASD, Cognitive, ASC assessment etc is required.

Intervention

• Provide therapeutic intervention with the core skills of Occupational Therapy underpinning the work, however it may be necessary to draw on other therapeutic interventions as required.
• Devise sensory diets for child/young person in consultation with the parents and the rest of the Therapy Team - implementing them both at home and at school.
• Provide intervention primarily at Family Futures, or if necessary, online on Teams to children and their parents/carers referred to Family Futures
• Provide school assessment and intervention for example, school observations, sensory intervention advice, EHCP contributions, training of school staff specifically about the adoptive child to help them manage optimally at school.
• Occasionally carry out home visits to families in London and around the country when required.

Consultation

• To offer specialist consultation and advice to colleagues, as required, which may include recommending and supporting the childs therapy team with sensory strategies to use in their therapeutic intervention.
• Provide consultation in person, via telephone, online on Teams to parents/carers referred to Family Futures
• Take responsibility for the compilation of OT assessment reports and case reviews that are completed to a high professional standard.
• Be involved in contributing to the compilation of comprehensive Family Futures assessment reports, network reports, end of year reports, closing reports and any other reports as required in connection to the children and their parents referred to Family Futures
• Write good quality and clear professional session notes for all sessions undertaken.
• Liaise with the wider network - local authorities, health authorities, schools, and other agencies on behalf of Family Futures, and attend and sometimes lead professionals meetings on behalf of Family Futures

IT and organisational skills

• Maintain good and up to date computer records, and work within the Family Futures procedures for paper-less working.
• Be efficient in managing case load and keeping up to date with email messages and then to respond appropriately, and in a timely fashion.

Supervision

• To attend monthly supervision with line manager and monthly team supervision
• Attend family supervisions with therapy team.

Meetings

• To attend all relevant weekly and monthly therapy team meetings, and participate fully as a member of the Family Futures therapy team.

Any other reasonable requests by Family Futures.

Manner of Work:

To adhere to the policies and procedures of Family Futures as laid down in the Adoption Agency handbook and Statement of Purpose, this includes child protection and equal opportunities policies.

• At all times, to maintain the highest standards of professional practice and to comply with the requirements for registration of their respective professional body, RCOT, and Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and to keep their professional membership up to date.
• To work in a collaborative and empathetic manner with parents, children and their support networks
• Family Futures provides monthly individual clinical and management supervision, and monthly team consultation with our psychotherapist.
• External profession specific supervision by a member of their own profession may be required.
• To be aware of the need for personal therapy due to the particular nature of the work undertaken at Family Futures and to be prepared to fund personal therapy should at any time it appear to be a requirement of the job
• Adhere to Family Futures policies and procedures in respect of equal opportunities, health & safety, safeguarding children and client service satisfaction.
• Adhere to the regulations and standards for Voluntary Adoption Agencies and Independent Fostering Agencies
• Ensure that duties are undertaken with due regard and compliance with the Data Protection Act and Family Futures confidentiality standards

Person Specification Experience

• Experience of undertaking OT assessment of children is essential.
• Experience of working with children and families in a therapeutic setting for mental health, physical disability and/or learning disability is essential.
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