Experienced Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Brighter Futures for Children
18 months (maternity cover) post

About BFFC

Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children’s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.

The Team/Role

We currently have a vacancy for an additional experienced part time Paediatric Occupational Therapist within our Childrens Disability Service.

The OT team currently consists of 4 full time OTs and an OT Team Manager. The team sits under the umbrella of the Childrens Disability Service and works closely with Social Workers and short breaks colleagues within the Childrens and Young People’s Disability Team (CYPDT).
Essential Qualifications:

• Occupational Therapy qualification
• Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registration
• Understand and apply the knowledge of the legal, social, economic and ecological context of OT practice.

What we offer our qualified, permanent Occupational Therapists:

• We offer a supportive framework to develop your career.
• You’ll work in a friendly and collaborative environment where we are committed to delivering positive outcomes.
• We have a strong training and developmental pathway.
• All team managers are permanent staff, and our existing Practitioners will coach, mentor and support you.

Our Offer:

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to be creative and focus on innovative and ambitious interventions that leads to sustainable change for families. We are kind, friendly, collaborative and value driven.
We have high expectations for our children and young people and work in a relationship-based, child-centred manner to achieve the greatest impact in children’s lives.

We offer a competitive salary, plus:

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Relocation Scheme
• 26 days’ holiday plus public holidays, rising by 1 day for each year of LA service up to 5 years, and then rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service
• Discounted Child Care (on site nursery)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• A range of local discounts
• Free parking
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme

For informal chat or query about the role, please contact hiring managers - Tracy Allen (Occupational Therapy Team Manager) at Tracy.Allen@brighterfuturesforchildren.org

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

Asking for Adjustments

Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.

If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date: 3rd April 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed