Occupational Therapist - Liverpool
3 days ago
Liverpool
£42,187 - £50,964 (pro rata for school holidays) + excellent benefits Those Huge Small Victories Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. Get out what you put in This role is based at Lakeside School , either full or part time to cover maternity leave. You will be working as part of an established clinical MDT which includes other Occupational Therapists. There is a dedicated space within the school with SI equipment for the OT team. Lakeside School is a specialist primary and secondary day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in Liverpool, the school meets the needs of pupils with special educational needs including ADHD, autism, speech, language & communication difficulties and social & emotional difficulties. Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs. As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will have the opportunity to work alongside Occupational Therapists who are sensory integration practitioners with an on-site Sensory Integration room. Other members of team include: a Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapists, Counsellor and Art Therapist. The role will include supporting our on-site Occupational Therapy Apprentice. You will be supporting educational colleagues to provide therapeutic learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. Our Occupational Therapists work collaboratively within our schools and children's homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children. What we do for you We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get: • Training : A full induction and on the job training, • Holiday : You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays, • Clinical Development : If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development, • Flexible benefits : meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here, • Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance, • Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts, • Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here, • Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC, • Have experience and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs, • Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences, • Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative #INDH