About the role
Salary: £52194.00 to £57402.00
If youre looking for a workplace where youll be supported, appreciated, and empowered to thrive, this is your opportunity!
The post holder will manage and lead service delivery in a specific area of the service. This may include mainstream school service or special school depending on experience. They will provide clinical support and supervision to other therapists and occupational therapy assistants, including line management responsibilities. Planning the service within the specific area of work and taking the lead on providing strategic direction for others are key responsibilities of the role. The postholder will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the speciality ensuring team knowledge base is current and evidence based. The post holder will carry a complex caseload of children and young people with a wide range of disabilities and will regularly report progress for clinical governance and audit purposes.
The Achieving for Children Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service is part of the Integrated Team for Children with Disabilities Service based at the Moor Lane Centre in Chessington. The team provides a service to the Kingston community including early years and children and young people from 0-18. We are launching a new mainstream school universal offer and provide specialist and targeted intervention to special schools and specialist resource provisions to support children and young people who have significant functional difficulties. Team members autonomously manage a mixed caseload with a range of neurological and developmental disabilities. We work closely with MDT colleagues from health, social care and education.