Occupational Therapist

Locala Community Partnerships CIC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. An element of flexible working is expected to maintain safe, effective, responsive services. All posts recruited to by Locala Community Partnerships CIC (whether on a fixed term or substantive basis) are subject to a 6 month probationary period. An opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatric Occupational Therapy team based at the Children’s Centre, Dewsbury & District Hospital. The Occupational Therapists are an integral part of the multi-disciplinary Paediatric Therapy team, and although based at the Children’s Centre, the post also involves working in local schools/ nurseries, and client’s home. The caseload is varied and you will work closely with a variety of experienced Therapists, within a friendly, supportive and well established team, as well as liaising with family members and other professionals/agencies. We are looking to recruit a qualified Occupational Therapist with experience of working with children between 0 and 16 years, many of whom have complex needs and attend either mainstream or special school/nursery. The postholder must have excellent communication and organisational skills, and must be able to operate as a member of a team. You will act as resource of clinical expertise to junior staff and colleagues from other professions/agencies. If you are interested in applying for this post, you should review the job description and personal specification, to ensure that you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria, including being able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post. For further information/informal visit, please contact Jo Fellows - Team Leader 07763560170 Closing date midnight 12th April 2020 Please ensure you read the Application Guidance Document on the right hand side of this page prior to filling out this form to help you. To minimise delays please ensure your application is submitted with valid email addresses for referees, one of whom MUST be your current or most recent employer. Our offer to you In return for becoming part of our team we offer a full induction and training package to support your needs, we will develop and motivate you to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, we offer great working conditions along with supporting you to achieve a good work life balance. We offer a competitive contributory pension scheme with Royal London. Salary Sacrifice Lease Car Scheme, Access to Workplace Nursery and Holiday Clubs, plus much more. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of society regardless of disability, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. For further information about our benefits, please click on the Locala Benefits for applicants on the right hand side of this vacancy to read more. Please apply as soon as possible as posts will be closed once sufficient applications are received. If you have not been shortlisted you will be notified through the NHS Jobs Website. If you require further information on why you haven’t been shortlisted please contact the recruiting manager. Please provide your contact details for either email or telephone for them to be in touch. If an insufficient number of applications are received for this vacancy, there is a possibility the post could be re advertised even after the shortlisting process. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89947281