# Children’s Occupational Therapist

**Company**: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £58133.00 to £65261.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join our special schools and mainstream schools team in Islington Additional Needs and Disability Team. The successful applicant will be based 3 days a week in Richard Cloudesley School and 2 days a week at the Northern Health Centre.

The postholder will support schools and families at a universal, targeted and specialist level through workforce training and development, class and curriculum support and joint target setting.

The main duties of the job include:

- Managing a highly specialist caseload of children and young people with physical disabilities, developmental difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions

- Providing comprehensive occupational therapy assessments across clinic, school, home and community settings

- Developing and delivering evidence-based interventions to promote participation, independence and access to learning

- Providing specialist advice and consultation to educational staff and partner agencies

- Supporting key educational transitions and preparation for adulthood

The salary for this position ranges from £58,133 to £65,261 per annum.

We offer excellent training opportunities with a strong emphasis on individual performance appraisal and supervision.

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## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- physical disabilities
- developmental difficulties
- neurodevelopmental conditions
- upper limb rehabilitation
- postural management
- positioning
- equipment provision
- sensory approaches
- CO-OP or OPC

### Nice to have
- service development
- audit or quality improvement initiatives

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