Brothers of Charity Services Ireland offers a variety of residential, day, respite, assessment, and clinical services to individuals with varying degrees of intellectual disability.
Many of the people we support have additional needs, including autism, behaviours that challenge, and physical or sensory disabilities.
Services and supports are provided to over 6,500 people, and their families, throughout Counties Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Limerick, Roscommon, Tipperary, Wexford and Wat.
Skills and attributes
Senior Occupational Therapist
Description
Come and work with one of Ireland's best 150 Employers
Brothers of Charity Services Ireland are looking for bright, ambitious individuals who have a positive attitude towards working with people with an intellectual disability and who are committed to ensuring that our persons supported lead as fulfilling and enjoyable a life as possible.
Role:
Senior Occupational Therapist (Adult Services)
Contracts Available:
Permanent Full-Time ***** (35 hours per week)
Location:
Based in Ennis (Clare County Wide Role)
The role of a Senior Occupational Therapist
This Occupational Therapist role is dedicated to providing occupational therapy intervention for adults with Intellectual Disability and complex needs who experience sensory difficulties contributing to behaviours that challenge and ability to engage in everyday activities.
The Occupational Therapist, will work with the other MDT professionals in identifying strategies, to assist those with sensory processing challenges.
The role will require close working with other members of the multidisciplinary team using a person-centred approach to provide occupational therapy assessments and deliver interventions to adults with Intellectual disability and complex needs.
The post holder will work alongside the Principal Psychologist and the Behaviour Support Team and will be responsible for measuring and reporting on occupational therapy outcomes as part of the team to inform service delivery.
The remit of the post is to assess those with sensory processing needs and to develop and evaluate strategies in supporting those with sensory processing challenges.
This post will provide sensory occupational therapy supports to people supported by the Brothers of Charity Services across county Clare.
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Qualifications:
Hold an Occupational therapy qualification recognised by the Occupational Therapy Registration Board at CORU.
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Be registered on the Occupational Therapists Register, maintained by the Occupational Therapy Registration Board at CORU.
Some of our benefits:
Competitive Rates of Pay (€63,912 - €75,254 Pro-Rata)
Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Full Training provided
Career Progression
Sick Pay Benefits
Employee Assistance Programs
Closing Date for Applications:
25th of January, ****
The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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