# Paediatric Occupational Therapist - Hertfordshire Job details

**Company**: Kirsop-Taylor Healthcare Ltd
**Location**: Hertfordshire
**Salary**: £70.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Therapies team, supporting a young person in Welwyn Garden City.

This is an excellent opportunity to deliver highly specialist occupational therapy as part of a multidisciplinary team, helping a young person with autism to develop greater independence, improve emotional regulation and maximise engagement in education and everyday life.

**Main duties of the job**

- Deliver weekly direct occupational therapy sessions as well as ad-hoc indirect support across the academic year

- Set meaningful therapy goals using a sensory integration approach informed by metacognitive, interoception-informed, regulation literacy and client-centred practice

- Support the young person to develop sensory awareness, emotional regulation, self-care, independence and fine motor skills

- Coach and support school staff and other key adults to embed therapeutic strategies into daily routines

- Monitor progress and adapt programmes to ensure interventions remain effective

- Liaise with parents, education staff and other professionals

- Maintain accurate clinical records, attend multidisciplinary meetings and produce an annual review report where required

**Benefits**

- £70 per hour

- £40 per hour travel

- 55p per mile

**Requirements**

- HCPC Registration

- Current UK professional registration

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## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- Sensory Integration
- Metacognitive Practice
- Interoception-Informed Practice
- Regulation Literacy
- Client-Centred Practice

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