Band 6 / 7 Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Unlocking Language, Poplar, Greater London
Band 6 / 7 Paediatric Occupational Therapist
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Unlocking Language, Poplar, Greater London
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 5 days ago, 25 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: e7cbc351125b4467996e5ad8a7403a78
Location ref: Poplar, Greater London
Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Band 6 or Band 7 Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team at our Canary Wharf clinic. This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with a strong interest and experience in sensory processing, sensory integration and regulation to help further develop the occupational therapy and sensory provision within our clinic. You will work closely alongside our Speech and Language Therapists, supporting children with a wide range of developmental, sensory, communication and complex needs., You will:
- Carry out specialist sensory assessments and observations.
- Identify childrens individual sensory processing profiles and how these impact participation, regulation, learning, play and daily life.
- Plan and deliver individualised sensory-based occupational therapy programmes.
- Develop and implement sensory diets and sensory strategies where clinically appropriate.
- Design and deliver sensory circuits, including alerting, organising and calming activities.
- Support children who experience sensory dysregulation.
- Provide strategies for sensory seeking, sensory avoidance and sensory sensitivities.
- Support proprioceptive, vestibular, tactile and interoceptive development.
- Work on body awareness, motor planning, coordination and postural control.
- Advise parents, therapists and other professionals on environmental adaptations and regulation strategies.
- Support the development of sensory programmes that can be continued at home, nursery or school., Unlocking Language is a specialist paediatric therapy service supporting children, young people and their families across London and Essex. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Band 6 or Band 7 Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team at our Canary Wharf clinic. This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with a strong interest and experience in sensory processing, sensory integration and regulation to help further develop the occupational therapy and sensory provision within our clinic. You will work closely alongside our Speech and Language Therapists, supporting children with a wide range of developmental, sensory, communication and complex needs.
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