Job overview

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!

We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. 

We are excited to be able to offer this new opportunity for an Occupational Therapist  Band 5 OT position based within the East locality.  The East locality incorporates Exeter, Exmouth but also the outstanding countryside of Mid Devon.

You will need to be able to provide a good standard of assessment and intervention for the children and young people that we work with. 
The post is based within the multidisciplinary  Physical and Sensory Pathway  whilst working closely with colleagues across the other pathways within CFHD. We are an innovative, dedicated and friendly service with both development and  CPD opportunities for staff.

Please contact us if you would like any further information regarding this position we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Using a strength-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and routine outcome measures.
• Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a case load within a designated geographical area, within own level of competence and capability.
• Deliver occupational therapy advice and interventions to a client group of children and young people experiencing a range of difficulties in completing activities for daily living.
• Support the delivery of training to the wider workforce and parents as part of a team.
• Participate in the provision of student placements as appropriate according to skills and experience.
• To promote and support participation of service users across the service.
• For some job holders, part of the role will include statutory assessment and intervention for the local authority such as specialist equipment and environmental adaptations.

For newly qualified practitioners: -

• Work under a designated supervisor, who will be a senior member of staff; to provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a caseload within capability and competency.
• Have a named mentor who will provide regular support throughout the probationary year.
• Work towards achieving specific and realistic competencies. 
• Access the trust preceptorship programme.
• Expect to achieve autonomy by the end of the first year.

Working for our organisation

Children and Family Health Devon is a system-wide service that delivers an integrated, coordinated support model which wraps around the child, young person and family.  It has been specifically designed to respond to all elements of the commissioner’s strategy and specification along with the vision and strategic direction of the Integrated Care System for Devon. 

It builds on our strong relationships across education, health, social care and voluntary sector services in Devon, and, most importantly, it has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our Children and Young People say… 

“We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure”.

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