Occupational Therapist - Children with Disabilities

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Occupational Therapist for its client's Children with Disabilities team in Barnet - Colindale, London.

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a background in supporting children with disabilities?

We are looking for a skilled and compassionate Occupational Therapist to join its team, working with children and young people with disabilities to help maximise independence, improve daily living outcomes, and support families across the borough.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive local authority offering flexible hybrid working and a competitive hourly rate.

What will your responsibilities be?

As an Occupational Therapist within the Children with Disabilities Service, you will assess the needs of children and young people with a range of physical, developmental, and complex disabilities, providing specialist recommendations and interventions that promote independence and wellbeing.

• Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments for children and young people with disabilities.
• Recommend and facilitate the provision of specialist equipment and adaptations.
• Complete moving and handling assessments where required.
• Work closely with families, carers, schools, health professionals, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide expert advice to support children in their home and educational environments.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to effective care planning.

Benefits:

• £39.93 per hour
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Supportive and experienced team environment
• Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children and families
• Immediate interview and start opportunities available
• Refer an Occupational Therapist with Children with Disabilities experience and earn a referral bonus if they're successfully placed.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
• Experience working specifically with children with disabilities
• Strong knowledge of paediatric Occupational Therapy practice
• Experience in equipment provision, adaptations, and functional assessments
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills
• Ability to manage a varied caseload effectively

Please note: Candidates must have experience working with children with disabilities. Experience solely within adult services will not be suitable for this position.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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