Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist

The Achieving for Children Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service is part of the Integrated Team for Children with Disabilities Service based at the Moor Lane Centre in Chessington. The team provides a service to the Kingston community including early years and children and young people from 0-18. We are launching a new mainstream school universal offer and provide specialist and targeted intervention to special schools and specialist resource provisions to support children and young people who have significant functional difficulties. Team members autonomously manage a mixed caseload with a range of neurological and developmental disabilities. We work closely with MDT colleagues from health, social care and education. Achieving for Children is going through an exciting period of growth and we plan to rapidly increase Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) referrals to the service and become the service of choice in the area of SEND. The post holder will manage and lead service delivery in an area of the service. They will provide clinical support, supervision and management support to other therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Planning the service within the specific area of work and taking the lead on providing strategic direction for this specific area are key responsibilities of the role. They will contribute to business development plans as appropriate. The postholder will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the speciality ensuring team knowledge base is current and evidence based. The post holder will carry a complex caseload of children and young people with a wide range of disabilities and will regularly report progress for clinical governance and audit purposes.