Children’s Occupational Therapy Service Lead for Traded and Tribunals

Job Location	The Cape
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£45,753 - £51,668 per annum
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

We are seeking a service lead for a newly established role within the children and young people’s occupational therapy service. The role comprises of two key functions; managing the traded arm of our service and leading on occupational therapy input associated with first tier tribunals for education, health and care plans.Our established traded service holds a number of contracts with individuals, schools and local authorities. Our work is in great demand and we require a lead dedicated to growing and promoting the service and expanding our offer. As such they must have excellent interpersonal skills and be skilled in understanding the private/traded market. The successful candidate will be managing a core team and must have significant experience in people management.We work closely with our colleagues in local authorities and contribute to many education, health and care needs assessments. We are dedicating specified capacity to this post becoming the expert lead for our occupational therapy team when working within the first tier tribunal arena. The post holder will be expected to take on cases going to tribunal (where appropriate) and support other colleagues in developing this skill set. The post holder will have excellent working knowledge of the 2015 Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs and Disability. Expert supervision will be provided.Applicants must be a HCPC registered occupational therapist and be compassionate and confident in their leadership skills.We are extremely proud of our Outstanding CQC rating and seek someone who shares our values and will continue to ensure the service is safe, effective, compassionate and trusted.South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust promotes flexible working options on all appropriate positions and our managers welcome these discussions during the recruitment process.For further details / informal visits contact:NameJulie BrothertonJob titleGeneral ManagerEmail addressJulie.Brotherton@swft.nhs.ukTelephone number Ext: 6559

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