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Occupational Therapist Mallow Area, Mallow
Client:
St Josephs Foundation
Location:
Mallow, Ireland
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
7ad04be69345
Job Views:
6
Posted:
11.02.2025
Expiry Date:
28.03.2025
Job Description:
Description
St. Joseph's Foundation is a voluntary organisation providing comprehensive services for children with intellectual disabilities and children with complex needs. Founded in 1968, the Foundation has grown through continuously responding to the needs of people with disabilities and their families.
The Foundation provides services to children and adults. Adult services include day services, residential, respite care, MDT, and home support in the North Cork and South West Limerick region.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (BASIC GRADE) - PAEDIATRIC SERVICES
Permanent Contract
Closing date is 28th of February at 12pm
A full-time basic grade Occupational Therapist is required to provide therapeutic assessment, intervention, and support to children aged 0-18 presenting with complex needs, on the North West Cork Children's Disability Network Team. The base for this post is located in Mallow, Co. Cork.
The ideal candidates will have:
* A recognised, validated Occupational Therapy qualification
* Registered as an Occupational Therapist with CORU (Candidates pending confirmation of registration may apply)
* Experience (post-graduate or clinical placement) of working with children/adults with autism and/or physical disabilities is desirable but not essential.
This Occupational Therapy post is a key appointment in the development of a comprehensive/effective service for children with complex needs under the PDS Model. The OT will work as part of the inter-disciplinary team to provide a family-centred service for children aged 0-18 who present with complex needs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Attend and work the days and hours at the centre(s) to which s/he is assigned and at other such centre(s) as Line Management/OT Manager may direct from time to time subject to review.
* Report to your line manager as requested.
* Demonstrate professional conduct and behaviours by adhering to legal, ethical and professional practice standards in all aspects of practice as stipulated by CORU.
* Be responsible for the maintenance of relevant standards for own practice.
* Be responsible for managing and prioritising within own caseload and as part of the team.
* Be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of treatment programmes for service users according to service standards and in conjunction with families/carers, relevant staff, and external agencies.
* Be responsible for the day-to-day provision of service within your allocated service area(s).
* Promote positive staff morale and team working in conjunction with the line management system.
* Foster and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, front line managers, and other health and education personnel.
* Ensure the quality of documentation of all assessments, therapeutic plans, progress notes, reports, and discharge summaries are in accordance with local service and professional policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards.
* Communicate verbally and/or in writing results of assessments, treatment/intervention programmes, and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy, procedure, and guidelines.
* Participate in teams as appropriate, communicating and working in an integrated model including the service users and their families/carers, and other relevant staff.
* Attend clinics, review meetings, team meetings, case conferences, etc. as designated through the line management system.
* Plan interventions based on assessment.
* Develop and deliver universal and targeted interventions as part of an inter-disciplinary team.
* Provide direct OT intervention on an individual, group, and consultative basis.
* Provide support plans and reports based on assessment and observations outcomes.
* Maintain files on service users in accordance with the record keeping policy.
* Organise visits to home and (pre) school etc. as appropriate to determine the child's needs and to plan intervention, in line with the policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines of the service.
* Monitor and review the child's changing needs on an ongoing basis.
* Adhere to existing and future policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines for the development and maintenance of standards/strategies for quality improvement and outcome measurement.
* Seek advice and assistance with any assigned duties or issues that are beyond the scope of professional competence, in line with principles of evidence-based practice and clinical governance.
* Ensure that professional standards are maintained in relation to confidentiality, ethics, and legislation.
* Operate within the scope of Occupational Therapy practice as set out by the AOTI and CORU including policy documents and competencies, and in accordance with the relevant policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines of the St. Joseph's Foundation.
* Actively engage in performance management systems within the relevant service.
* Carry out other duties as assigned through the line management system.
* Promote good team working, and a culture that values diversity.
* To keep and provide statistical and other information as may be requested from time to time, in a timely fashion.
* To be fully aware of and compliant with current safeguarding legislation and local policies and procedures.
* To behave in a professional manner, showing respect for clients and their families.
As the above is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities, this job description may be revised from time to time to take account of any change in requirements of the position or any other duties as may be assigned by the CDNM/OT Manager.
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