An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the to work within Sunderland and South Tyneside Universal Crisis Team - Children and Young Persons Pathway (ICTS).

We would like to recruit an occupational therapist who is flexible, responsive, motivated, well organised, adaptable and have a keen interest in providing safe and responsive person centred care Taking into account the needs of the individual and their Family / Support networks. The successful candidate will work in conjunction with the wider MDT to provide Triage, Assessment and Home based treatment to individuals in crisis. The ICTS team works within an ageless service, and although their primary focus is those under the age of 18 clinicians also support within the wider ageless service where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

The successful Occupational Therapist, will be working into Children and Young Persons Pathway of the universal crisis team (ICTS) team to provide Triage, Assessment and Home based treatment to our younger population within south Tyneside and Sunderland alongside this The post holder will also engage in specialist assessments, using specific OT standardised and non-standardised assessments as well as supporting the development of the teams knowledge and skills around OT specific issues.

The role involves travelling to the young person's locality/environment to assess the needs of the young person, carers and family and working jointly with locality community teams, schools and other environments.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

CNTW focus on the development of staff, with opportunities to develop clinical specialism in the area of work, through in-house learning/training and formal training .

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful Occupational Therapist, will be working into Children and Young Persons Pathway of the universal crisis team (ICTS) team to provide Triage, Assessment and Home based treatment to our younger population within south Tyneside and Sunderland. a sucsessful aplicant with have a clear understanding of risk assessment and saftey planning and experance of working with children with mental health, Neuro divergence and/of learning disabilities alongside this The post holder will also engage in specialist assessments, using specific OT standardised and non-standardised assessments as well as supporting the development of the teams knowledge and skills around OT specific issues.

The role involves travelling to the young person's locality/environment to assess the needs of the young person, carers and family and working jointly with locality community teams, schools and other environments.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 13th November 20232023

Closing date : 27th November 2023

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSC (Hons) Occupational Therapy
• MSC Occupational Therapy

Desirable

• Minimum of Pass level

Experience

Essential

• Active Clinical experience in Learning Disabilities
• Clinical experience in Mental Health
• Clinical experience in Neurodiversity
• Ability to carry out specific OT assessments formal and informal
• Evidence of managing own case load
• Evidence of working autonomously
• Evidence of proactive learning, reflection and use of supervision
• Evidence of Service User and Carers involvement
• Evidence of minimising restrictive practice

Desirable

• 2 years plus clinical experience
• Carrying out formal OT specific assessments i.e. AMPs, MOHO
• Carrying out other assessments such as Sensory Integration
• Working in the Positive Behavioural Support model

Training

Essential

• post graduate training
• Delivered training to others formal or informal

Desirable

• Model of Human Occupation
• AMPs training
• Sensory Integration Level 1
• Positive Behavioural Support Training or awareness

Leadership

Essential

• Evidence of leaderships
• Supervision of staff or OT Students
• Evidence of collaborative working
• Evidence of Service Development projects

Desirable

• Supervision and appraisal experience of staff
• OT students as a Fieldwork Supervisor
• Collaborative team working
• managing conflict
• Evidence of resilience to change

Employer details

Employer name

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hopewood Park

Waterworks Road

Sunderland

SR2 0NB

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