Job Description
Job Title
Occupational Therapist – Mainstream Schools /Special Schools – Inclusion
Support team as part of the Redbridge Children’s Trust
Service Area
Children’s Trust SEN/Disability Function
Children with Complex needs
Team
Occupational Therapy
Reports to
Occupational Therapy Clinical lead
Responsible for:
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Case Load allocated by:
Occupational Therapy clinical lead
Purpose of Job
To be an active member of the Occupational Therapy team taking
responsibility for service provision within London Borough of Redbridge
specifically as part of a targeted and planned inclusion support pathways for
pupils in primary mainstream and special schools. This post is part of the
whole school support service offering Occupational Therapy support in
partnership with school staff, Outreach, SEN and other therapy services.
Major duties and responsibilities
1.To provide Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention in
partnership
with
schools
for
children
identified
as
needing
OT
support/intervention, school action plus or part of their Statement of SEN in
Redbridge Schools.
2. To develop care packages / interventions strategies for referred to the OT
services and presenting difficulties with development in some or all of the
areas of self help skills, motor coordination and sensory processing affecting
their participation and occupational performance in class based and school
based settings.
3.To independently manage a case load of primary children with identified
occupational therapy needs using an Inclusion Support tiered response model
agreed level of intervention.
4.To develop and maintain the skills and knowledge required of a specialist
Occupational Therapist with children in the mainstream and special school
setting
including
appropriate
screening
techniques,
assessments,
interventions and multidisciplinary education.
5. To work with parents / carers, Education, Health Social Care and other
multi-disciplinary colleagues as appropriate to assess, design and develop
evidence based intervention and management plans to be implemented within