Job overview

Children's Therapies is a supportive and well established, integrated  team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists working across a range of community settings including early years clinics, mainstream and special schools, within Sandwell. 

As the quality lead for Occupational Therapy you will hold a clinical caseload and work in collaboration with the Service Lead, Team Leaders and colleagues to agree priorities and action plans for taking quality initiatives  forward within  the team.

Main duties of the job

To provide assessments and intervention for children and young people with a physical disability or motor coordination problem that is affecting participation in self care, school work or leisure activities. 

To work with parents and carers to ensure they are confident and competent to implement therapy recommendations into the child's daily routine.

Assess for / recommend equipment to support access to the  curriculum in school and ensure that children, young people and those supporting them know how to use it.

To contribute to Education Health and Care assessments and provide written reports outlining abilities needs and required support.

To have a focus on quality improvement initiatives for the team, in collaboration with a Physiotherapy and Speech & Language Therapy colleague in the same role. This includes planning our monthly Quality Improvement Half Days and supporting task and finish groups in line with our team PDR. 

To provide leadership, supervision and support for Junior Occupational Therapy staff and colleagues within the wider team.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.  

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.   

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.    

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.   

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.   

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.