Are you a motivated and enthusiastic team player?

If this is you then we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a dynamic, flexible and forward thinking Occupational Therapist with experience of working with children and young people with physical disabilities, to join the Children's Community Occupational Therapy Team covering areas in North Cumbria, on a fixed-term basis.

You should have a degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy and experience working with children.

The Occupational Therapy team enables children and young people with acute or chronic illness and/or disability to work toward meaningful occupation focused goals. They work with both children and young people and those who support them, creating an environment in which they can succeed in reaching their full potential.

Within this post you will expected to work as a member of the Children's Occupational Therapy Team delivering specialist advice to clients and carers, education settings, housing department and other professionals in relation to disability and housing needs for children and young people with disabilities. Using the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) as a framework the Children's Occupational Therapy service believes in using a top down, client-centred approach to address the meaningful occupations of the child or young person and their relationship with their environment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a clinical caseload. This involves assessment, advising, planning, delivering and evaluating treatment for a wide range of children and young people in a range of settings. You will be expected to provide supervision and support to the other members of the Occupational Therapy team including Occupational Therapists and Therapy assistants and students as required.

Our team provide an effective system of support and supervision, which may include 1:1, pair or group supervision, as well as participation with clinical networks, mentoring and other clinical learning opportunities. We offer excellent supervision, peer review and support for on-going professional development offering regular CPD sessions. The team have active links to the Children and Young People's Specialist section (CYPF).

Children's Community Occupational Therapy -

To deliver a range of commissioned community based health and wellbeing services to all children and young people in North Cumbria aged 0-19, working in partnership with other agencies also involved in the provision of care for this population in order to achieve and improve agreed outcomes.

If you have any further questions about the role please get in touch with Catherine Knox on 07769282383 or via email catherine.knox@ncic.nhs.uk

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: �18 + Administration cost of �3.85 = �21.85. Deducted at �6.85 from 1st month salary and �5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: �38 + administration cost of �3.90 = �41.90. Deducted at �11.90 from 1st month salary and �10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registration
• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy

Desirable

• Evidence of Paediatric CPD

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Knowledge of a wide range of Occupational Therapy treatment techniques
• Knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation
• Knowledge of the appropriate legislation relating to children and how this applies to occupational therapy
• Experience of prescribing specialist equipment
• Previous involvement in environmental adaptations
• Evidence of involvement in service development

Desirable

• Some knowledge of current NHS trends which influence service provision
• Knowledge of a range of currently available Children's specialist equipment
• An understanding of the Care aims approach

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• IT skills including word processing, e-mail and publisher skills
• Previous experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Able to supervise students

Desirable

• Organisational skills demonstrated for example by the involvement in a particular project
• Good manual handling skills
• Caseload management skills - especially identifying priorities and meeting deadlines.

Personal circumstances

Essential

• Ability to travel independently within this community role
• Demonstrates Trust NCIC Values - Kindness, Respect, Ambition and Collaboration

Other requirements

Essential

• Promote equality and value diversity (Level 3)
• Experience of working with children in a professional, personal or voluntary capacity

Desirable

• Student placement with relevant client group
• Band 5 experience of working with Children
• Caseload management skills - especially identifying priorities and meeting deadlines

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Springboard CDC

Orton Road

Carlisle

CA2 7HE

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