Occupational Therapist, Rotation, Band 5
The Children’s Trust School and Rehabilitation An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy Team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide a high quality, evidence-based occupational therapy which promotes participation and functional activity of children and young people. Our service delivery aims to promote outcome-focused interventions, safe care, function, and participation of children and young people accessing home, school, and community life. You will support the delivery of child and family-focused, goal-led interventions, working in collaboration with education, multi-agency, and multidisciplinary teams. This is a great opportunity to develop a career where you make a significant and lasting difference to the lives of thousands of children and families. Role Requirements Maintain effective administration systems to support and develop the training function Be first point of contact for enquiries into the Training team Maintain the team inbox and respond to enquiries, owning all queries Process & manage internal booking for training using Select HR (our HR System) Process applications for external training, organising payment and liaising with trainers where appropriate Manage administration for all in-house training sessions by producing delegate lists, preparing materials for facilitators as required, booking rooms, equipment & catering etc. Producing certificates Process external facilitator invoices including costings for departments Organise & coordinate the training calendar for the following year by liaising with facilitators and colleagues and working with CSET and Therapy teams Update schedules with changes/additions as they arise and inform training Monthly preparation of induction programme including production of training memos, induction folders, session materials, catering requests & induction evaluations. Deliver brief training session to new starters and help with tours where necessary Deliver appraisee training via teams Interview Date: TBC Terms and Conditions Strictly no agencies, please. As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion. About Us The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service. Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom. Staff Benefits The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment. We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service. Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment. Rehabilitation of Offenders Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions. Equal Opportunity Employer To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here.
We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background.
We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements. Online Searches In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
The Children’s Trust School and Rehabilitation An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy Team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide a high quality, evidence-based occupational therapy which promotes participation and functional activity of children and young people. Our service delivery aims to promote outcome-focused interventions, safe care, function, and participation of children and young people accessing home, school, and community life. You will support the delivery of child and family-focused, goal-led interventions, working in collaboration with education, multi-agency, and multidisciplinary teams. This is a great opportunity to develop a career where you make a significant and lasting difference to the lives of thousands of children and families. Role Requirements Maintain effective administration systems to support and develop the training function Be first point of contact for enquiries into the Training team Maintain the team inbox and respond to enquiries, owning all queries Process & manage internal booking for training using Select HR (our HR System) Process applications for external training, organising payment and liaising with trainers where appropriate Manage administration for all in-house training sessions by producing delegate lists, preparing materials for facilitators as required, booking rooms, equipment & catering etc. Producing certificates Process external facilitator invoices including costings for departments Organise & coordinate the training calendar for the following year by liaising with facilitators and colleagues and working with CSET and Therapy teams Update schedules with changes/additions as they arise and inform training Monthly preparation of induction programme including production of training memos, induction folders, session materials, catering requests & induction evaluations. Deliver brief training session to new starters and help with tours where necessary Deliver appraisee training via teams Interview Date: TBC Terms and Conditions Strictly no agencies, please. As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion. About Us The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service. Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom. Staff Benefits The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment. We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service. Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment. Rehabilitation of Offenders Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions. Equal Opportunity Employer To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here.
We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background.
We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements. Online Searches In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
