Description
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
As an Occupational Therapist in Hounslow, you will:
- Provide and co-ordinate specialist advice, consultation and support to ensure children and young people are fully included and supported
- Develop and use innovative ways of working to support children and young people across universal, targeted and specialist levels, including supporting delivery of the DfE “Experts at Hand” initiative
- Develop skills across a wide range of ages and settings, including early years, primary, and secondary settings
- Work closely with schools and settings to develop early intervention approaches
- Contribute to assessment, consultation, and wider strategic work
- Deliver training, modelling and coaching to up-skill the wider workforce and build capacity
- Build strong partnerships with families, schools, and multi-agency colleagues
- Support and supervise other team members, with opportunities to develop your skills and lead on projects within the team
- Play a key role in improving outcomes for Hounslow children and young people
The therapy team is part of a newly developing multi-disciplinary service - Specialist Practice & Advice - bringing together Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists, Portage, Early Years practitioners, and specialist teachers. This creates rich opportunities for integrated work focussed on inclusive practice and early intervention, that goes beyond traditional models of Occupational Therapy services.
This role will best suit someone who has some post-qualification experience of working with children and young people and is interested in further development and working in innovative ways.
What we offer:
- A supportive and ambitious environment, where you will receive regular supervision from an Occupational Therapist
- A range of professional development opportunities, including opportunities to develop skills in training and coaching, and learning from the wider multi-disciplinary team
- Support to further develop relevant areas of clinical interest, in line with service needs
Why Join Hounslow’s Specialist Practice and Advice Service?
- Shape the future of practice
- Work in a truly integrated system
- Develop professionally
About You
- Qualified Occupational Therapist
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- A member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
- Enhanced DBS
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
- Flexibility to work across different settings within the local authority