Occupational Therapy Specialist
KTI Key Talent Indicator
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct initial parent/carer meetings to determine case history and needs.
- Facilitate initial assessment sessions, employing appropriate assessment methods to determine needs
- Plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate support programmes for pupils and oversee individual programmes.
- Provide individualised targets as part of each pupil’s IEP in consultation with parents and teaching staff.
- Report on the development, progress and attainment of pupils and maintain records of interventions.
- To keep confidential clinical case-notes for each student, in line with professional standards.
- To write reports to contribute to Annual Review meetings.
- To maintain regular communication with parents, teaching staff and MDT to support a joined up approach around students.
- To contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings, student focus meetings and class meetings to share information and provide appropriate strategies.
- To incorporate specialist information into practice in order to ensure a joined up approach between therapies and more widely across the school.
- To deliver staff training, including Occupational Therapy induction for new staff.
- Depending on experience,support the MDT Lead in the specific leadership of the OT team including providing supervision for an OT assistant.
- You must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and be a registered practicing member of RCOT EXPERIENCE:
- Relevant experience working with autistic children and young people.
- Experience working within school settings is desirable.
- Knowledge of competencies/standards framework required for the relevant therapy discipline.
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