Job Title: Occupational Therapist Apprentice
Base Location: London Children's Practice 1A Quirpele House, Duke of York Square
Responsible to: London Children's PracticeDirectors and COO
Client group: Children 2-19years within schools/clinic
Salary: To be discussed dependent on experience
Start date: September 2024; Uni enrolment will be January 2025 (Master's degree)
Structure of Apprentice program
As an apprentice you will be employed by London Children's Practice, working towards a Masters (2years) qualification in Occupational Therapy. LCP will be partnering with Coventry University to complete these degrees.
You will be employed full time and are required to attend 20days of university days per year, along with completing additional study to contribute to your learning. You will be engaged in your role as an apprentice for core hours of 7.5hours per day with study time provided. During school holidays you will have additional study time for assignments and study.
Throughout this time, you will be paid your salary and be entitled to annual leave, sick leave, NI, and pension. Additionally, you will attend training alongside qualified therapist and receive on the ground learning each and everyday which you would typically only have within placements.
Throughout your degree, you will attend 3 placements within other OT settings external to LCP facilitated by the university.
Application process
If your application is found to meet requirements outlined below, we will offer you and interview. If successful, you would be offered a conditional role, pending interview and successful enrolment within the university degree. LCP will line up an interview with the university as part of this process.
Essential requirements:
- Bachelors Degree in relevant area
- GCSEs or equivalent
- Experience of working with children
- Effective communication professional skills
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within health care
- Previous experience working with children with additional needs
- People management experience
Main duties are as follows:
Core Activities
To assist the occupational need of clients with a range of motor, sensory, behavioural and functional needs and build towards a fully qualified occupational therapist. Duties will be, but not limited to the following:
- execute appropriate intervention under guidance from OT individual or group
- support indirect actions of OT such as compiling programs, reviewing prioritise and scheduling support.
- continuous evaluation of treatment outcomes and review
- attendance at case discussion alongside treating OT
- advocate for child and family needs
- flagging to treating OT additional areas of need
- to be responsible for managing a defined caseload under guidance of OT
- to work under the guidance of treating OT's and team lead
- to work collaboratively with colleagues from other professions and agencies, in particular schools
- to maintain accurate, up to date records for each client
- to maintain clinical space, resources and preform set duties
- support OTs within their day-to-day role
- take some responsibility for own learning
Managing own Performance and Development
- Being aware of and complying with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, and reporting all concerns to an appropriate designated person
- Contributing to the overall ethos/work/aims of the company
- Appreciating and supporting the role of other professionals
- Attending relevant meetings as required
- Participating in training and performance management as required
- Achieve challenging professional goals
- Take responsibility for your own professional development
- Maintain up to date records of CPD, Supervision and individual professional development plan.
- Seek out individual learning opportunities internally and externally to LCP
- Ensure you are adequately prepared to preform duties required of you
- Manage own sick leave and follow report and communication procedures
Team Role
- to attend and contribute to team and department meetings
- to contribute to team/service developments and projects within LCP
- to liaise with other relevant professionals and contribute to multidisciplinary and multi-agency meetings as appropriate
- to provide reports, information, and advice on the needs of this client group
- to disseminate knowledge and training within LCP
Clinical Governance:
- to adhere to National and local standards relating to professional practice and maintain quality standards of service
- to adhere to HCPC ethics and guidelines and work within your scope of practice
- to continuously develop clinical expertise and achieve goals set for personal and professional development, with reference to ROT guidelines
- to attend workplace on time and prepared to be accountable for your time
- to maintain up to date knowledge of:
- relevant clinical developments
- relevant legislation
- employers' policies and procedures
- to comply with Health & Safety guidance
- to comply with Safeguarding policy and guidelines
- to represent LCP's core values at all times
- notify LCP of any changes to your registration or criminal history