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RECRUITMENT St Dominic’s School Hambledon, Godalming, Surrey GU8 4DX Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone] Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Littlemore Mental Health Centre, Oxford Crisis Clinicians R8 Scale point 51 – 54, £37,476 – £40,431 per annum, depending on experience • Full time, term time only St Dominic’s School is a special academy in Surrey and provides outstanding education for pupils aged 7-19 typically with a primary diagnosis of Speech Language & Communication Needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition. The school is located in Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming. St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and seven College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex. At St Dominic’s we believe passionately in a multi-disciplinary, ‘needs led’ approach to meeting each child’s and young person’s needs, resulting in carefully managed groupings, including specialist intervention work from our in house therapeutic team. The school works closely in partnership with families, referring authorities and external agencies to co-ordinate the best possible education, care, guidance and support for its pupils and students. We are looking for an enthusiastic and strongly motivated individual to join our experienced team providing intensive specialist support for pupils and students including autism and sensory processing disorders. We seek a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Sensory Integration Practitioner who wants to develop their career, skills and knowledge in a specialist educational setting from Key Stage 2 to 5. This is a unique opportunity to develop clinical skills within an educational environment, offering the chance to work collaboratively with a range of professionals and to use therapeutic skills creatively to meet the needs of pupils and students. In return we offer excellent support from colleagues and staff, commitment to CPD, access to internal and external training. If you believe you can help our learners to fulfil their potential at school, at home and in their communities and are looking for a fresh challenge, then this role may be just what you are looking for. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Corinne Morgan, Clinical Lead OT at [email protected] Please contact Alison Corbett, HR & Recruitment Co-ordinator by phone [phone] or email [email protected] for an application pack or to arrange a visit to the school. Job Ref: 267-OM2041748 Salary: Band 6 £30,401 - £37,267 pa Hours: f/t 37.5 pw Due to new investment we are developing our mental health crisis response provision in Oxfordshire. Our new service will be consistent with the nationally defined Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team clinical model. Crisis Clinicians will be instrumental in establishing the service and then delivering intensive home treatments, alongside senior support workers, to service users in their own place of residence. You will be a registered occupational therapist with substantial experience and a proven track record in demonstrating Trust values in delivering services. You’ll have excellent clinical assessment and risk management skills and be able to work flexibly and dynamically in challenging and changing circumstances. This is an exciting opportunity to join the service at its inception and to be fully involved in developing and creating the highest quality service provision for service users and their families / supporters. For further details please contact Catherine Sage, Head of Service, via email: [email protected] or on 07769 935831. You can apply for this post by visiting: www.careers.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/vacancies/ and search using the job reference number. Closing date: 1 December 2019 www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk N227 Please note that CV applications will not be considered. Closing date: Friday 6 December 2019. Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. N235 2019 Advertise with OTnews Everyone wants to get what they paid for. OTnews is independently verified by ABC, because we want our advertisers to know they’re getting the exposure they’ve been promised. ABC. See it. Believe it. Trust it. To advertise call David Agyei on 020 3141 4641. To advertise call David Agyei on 020 3141 4641. www.abc.org.uk OTnews November 2019 61