Paediatric Occupational Therapist (Band 5)

The Service & Team: The Occupational Therapists sit within the West Disabled Children and Therapy team. This team is made up of social workers, disabled children and family workers, SCIP workers, and portage workers. The team works closely with colleagues across social care, education, and the NHS. The OT team will work with children and young people from birth to 18 with a range of physical and learning disabilities. The Role: You will work as part of an OT team that sits within the larger multi-disciplinary team. In the west OT team, there are currently four OTs - two part-time band 7s, a full-time band 6, and a full-time band 5 (this post). You will work collaboratively with children, their families, and other professionals and agencies to assess children's needs and develop intervention plans. As an outcome of your assessments, you will make recommendations on equipment and adaptations that children require to access their homes and schools as well as carry out activities of daily living. You will be supported in this by the other OTs in your team through both formal and informal supervision. You will be expected to join and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings and make professional recommendations. There are opportunities within the service to develop your skills as an OT through training and shadowing. There are also opportunities to develop your supervising skills through student placements, and you will also be invited to contribute towards service development. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check. Working Pattern: This is a full-time post (37.5 hours) working Monday to Friday. What you’ll need to succeed: A degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration. A passion for working with disabled children and families. Excellent communication and team working skills. The ability to manage a varied caseload with supervision. Excellent time management skills. A commitment to continued professional development. Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert. What you’ll get in return: Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high-performing Council, and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate, and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff, which helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance while still ensuring that service needs are met. Our core employee rewards and benefits include: A competitive salary. A defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions. A generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme. Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts on local and national goods and services. Additional Information: Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. The full role profile is attached

here . We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact

andrew.berriman@cornwall.gov.uk

Mob: 07483 351207. Application Process: Please attach a supporting statement to your application. You can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work/personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found

here . Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted. Please contact

careers@cornwall.gov.uk

if you have any queries or require assistance with your application. About Us

Cornwall Council delivers services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year.

Working here - Cornwall Council We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found

here . Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures, and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion, and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits. Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people, and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

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