Does working 4 days a week but with FULL pay sound like a dream?!* T&C's apply It doesn't have to be! Have a better work/life balance and come and work for Outcomes First Group!Job Title: Occupational TherapistLocation: Wessex Lodge School, Frome and Maiden Bradley (with potential to support some of our other services in the nearby, surrounding areas as agreed)Salary: £37.350 per annum Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 8.30am – 4.30pm (full time will be considered)Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to
Does working 4 days a week but with FULL pay sound like a dream?!* T&C's apply
It doesn't have to be! Have a better work/life balance and come and work for Outcomes First Group!
Job Title: Occupational Therapist
Location: Wessex Lodge School, Frome and Maiden Bradley (with potential to support some of our other services in the nearby, surrounding areas as agreed)
Salary: £37.350 per annum
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 8.30am – 4.30pm (full time will be considered)
Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks
We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements.
About the Role
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our clinical team at Wessex Lodge School, Frome and Maiden Bradley, with potential to support some of our other services in the nearby, surrounding areas as agreed. Working collaboratively to deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our pupils with developmental trauma, autism, ADHD, and complex social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced practitioner to join us at Outcomes First Group as our Specialist Occupational Therapist. Based at Wessex Lodge School (with potential to support some of our other services in the nearby, surrounding areas as agreed). This role brings with it the opportunity to work alongside the Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead and school’s senior leadership team to develop the Occupational Therapy offer. This school supports people in primary and secondary education with a range of complex needs including, neurodivergence, learning difficulties and social, emotional, and mental health needs often associated with complex trauma.
This is a great opportunity for a therapist to join the team at a time of growth and the introduction of an integrated therapies service at the school. Wessex Lodge School is split across two sites; the Arc based in Frome and Newmead Farm, at Maiden Bradley. This is a working farm with large outdoors spaces, a newly built gym, farm animals, and garden kitchen.
The post holder will be able to make the role their own whilst being supported by a friendly team. We are looking for someone interested in working in an innovative, self-directed, and flexible way, who recognises the value of the therapeutic relationship and the power of direct therapy, as well as the need to empower those working with the people we support through our universal and enhanced provision. Our clinical team will work within the neurodiversity paradigm and use neurodiversity affirming practices; therefore, the post holder will be expected to share the same values and be willing to develop their practice in line with this with support from the wider multi-disciplinary team across the Eden hub (which Wessex Lodge School and surrounding services fall into) and Outcomes First Group.
Drawing on their experience, alongside their excellent communication, leadership and mentoring skills, the post holder will ensure that high quality Occupational Therapy is delivered at the school.
The post holder will report to and work closely with the Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead, along with other members of the therapies and education team. They will receive both professional and clinical supervision from within the team and be supported to engage regularly with Continual Professional Development opportunities.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting clinical work as part of the therapies team, representing the organisation by providing support and guidance to team members and the wider staff group and ensuring a client focused service. The role is a collaborative one working with individuals and groups across professional and organisational boundaries.
This role will provide an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to develop their clinical skills, knowledge, leadership skills, and supervisory skills to junior members of the team and/or students on placement.
When it comes to looking after our pupils, we strive for excellence, which is why we are the leading services provider in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for an Occupational Therapist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.
Location: Wessex Lodge School, Somerset (with potential to support some of our other services in the nearby, surrounding areas as agreed)
Welcome to Wessex Lodge School
About the Group
Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of special needs education and care. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.
We are really proud to say that in 2023, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fourth year running.
Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Care and Options Autism.
For more information on the group please visit:
https://www.outcomesfirstgroup.co.uk/
Essential Criteria:
For further information on this role please refer the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact:
sarah.attwell@ofgl.uk
or Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead, Kate Bootkate.boot@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
.Why work for us?
Alongside working with a network of clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options.
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the people in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.
Job ID: 218275
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