Occupational Therapist Job at Horizon Care and Education Group (Rochdale)

Job Description

Role: Occupational Therapist - Working across 3 SEN schools in the Manchester area based in Oldham, Rochdale and Wigan. Working 2 days per week, Term Time only. We are recruiting for a Part Time Occupational Therapist to work across our 3 SEN schools based in the Manchester area. We have 3 schools based in Wigan, Oldham and Rochdale. 1 school is expanding and the other 2 set to open in September and January! We will happily receive applications from newly qualified candidates. At Horizon, we live up to our values, and we value our young people so you will need to be focused on spending time with children and be excited by the upcoming expansion and opening of new schools! We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our team, delivering evidence-based, therapeutic care in line with Horizon’s SHINE Therapeutic Model of Care. You will work across multiple schools as part of a Multidisciplinary team supporting Young People with social, emotional and Mental Health needs as well and Neurodiverse conditions such as ASD. In addition, you will, provide advice, modelling and support to our education teams.

Job Responsibility

Deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically informed care
Undertake OT assessments of young people to identify individual needs and develop and provide the delivery of individualised and group-based intervention programmes
Provide specialist OT advice and guidance to young people's plans including behaviour plans, teaching plans, risk assessments and EHCPs
Develop and contribute to the development, delivery, and evaluation of therapeutic training to all staff
Use outcome and evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of services and report data back to the Head of SEND
Provide specialist knowledge of OT principles and techniques through consultation and guidance to other colleagues
Attend regular team meetings and CPD days with other colleagues