JOB TITLE: SENIOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
JOB TYPE: Senior
SPECIALISM: Children in Care, Fostering, Child Protection, Mental
Health, Sensory Integration, Multidisciplinary Working
WORKING PATTERN: *.5 hours per week
CLOSING DATE IS: 5pm *.**Apply on the
website**. *
SALARY: Aligned to HSE consolidated pay scale (March**Apply on the
website**), dependent on experience. *,**Apply
on the website**, *.
REPORTING TO: Clinical Lead OT
LOCATION: Cork City & County
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Childhood Matters are recruiting an Occupational Therapist to work
across our child in care clinical services and strengthen our
multidisciplinary team.
The successful candidate will be a member of Childhood Matters,
providing high quality, trauma informed child and family support while
working as part of a multidisciplinary team. They will be able to work
within a therapeutic framework, and be highly self-reflective and able
to model this with the foster carers/children/parents/staff they are
working with.
Childhood Matters has a combination of site-based and home-based
services. Interventions are attachment-focussed and incorporate dyadic
and systemic ways of working with the child, carers and team around
them, drawing on models such as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
(DDP); Theraplay; Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT) approaches,
Sensory Attachment Intervention (SAI), among others.
Our Multidisciplinary Team is currently comprised of clinical
psychologists, assistant psychologists, social worker, a play
therapist, child art psychotherapist and clinical specialist
occupational therapist.
Successful candidates will take a key role in contributing to MDT
discussions of each referred child’s needs as well as those of the
system around them, formulating the presenting difficulties and
considering appropriate intervention.
Childhood Matters is a trauma-informed and equal-opportunity employer.
We offer competitive salary packages as well as benefits including
enhanced maternity leave; pension contribution scheme; health care
plans; flexible working hours; internal and externally provided
training opportunities, and competitive annual leave entitlement.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE EXPECTED TO:
* Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary therapy team, providing
high quality therapeutic input to children in care and their
families/carers as well as offering support and guidance to the system
around the child via telephone or video conference, email,
consultation, professionals’ meetings, attending and participating
in statutory Child in Care Reviews etc.
* Support and promote empirically-based practice within the team
through engaging in consultation, supervision, formulation and
training /education
* Be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload in
consultation with the Clinical Leads, and exercise autonomous
professional responsibility (where appropriate) for the planning and
prioritising of own workload within the bounds of the service’s
operational policies
* Promote the team’s trauma-informed and trauma-responsive ethos,
supporting colleagues and other departments within the organisation as
well as referred children/carers/networks
* Contribute to developing and maintaining equality of opportunity
in working practices by complying with legislation and organisational
policies. Advise colleagues about equality, diversity and human rights
policies and procedures and ensure they are followed
* Facilitate support groups and learning opportunities for foster
carers, families and children along with clinician colleagues
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
* Can quickly and easily develop therapeutic rapport with children
and families
* Excellent English language skills
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
* Qualified & CORU Registered Occupational Therapist
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
* Able to operate in an environment of complex facts or situations,
* Able to interpret complex situations and compare / choose from a
range of options
* High level of skills and compassion in assessing clients,
relatives / carers
* Interprets client, family situation & develops appropriate
formulation,
* Considers alternative expert opinions and research materials that
may differ or present alternative approaches
PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
* Plans and organises activities, potentially covering a range of
complex requirements
* Formulates, adjusts plans or strategies
* Plans & prioritise own job / case workload, co-ordinates with
other services as required
* Day to day supervision/ professional/ clinical supervision of
other less experienced psychologists, assistant(s), trainees etc as
required
* Is open to working out of hours
RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES
* Responsibility to update and maintain records of personally
generated information
* Updates and maintains client records to the required standards
* Maintains data protection and confidentiality
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
* Responsibility to undertake R&D activities as required
* Develops and implements measures of impact of the service
* Develops new or modifies resources, training materials, tip
sheets, forms, records, policies, procedures etc.
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
* Appreciates and practices self-care and ongoing reflective
practice
* Commitment and full engagement with reflective supervision
TO APPLY:
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter to **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** BY
5PM MONDAY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**.**APPLY
ON THE WEBSITE**. Interviews planned for week commencing 9th December
*.
For further information, or to discuss the post, please contact
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We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
