**A Cover Letter is required alongside a CV when applying for this role**
Are you a motivated Conductor ready to join a unique integrated therapy team in North London?
- £29,553 to £36,265 per year pro rata, dependent on experience
- 30 days annual leave, with 3 days to be taken around Christmas (pro rata)
- Permanent, part-time/full-time
- 15-37.5 per week, including Saturday’s term time, and some evening and bank holiday working
- Based at 143 Coppetts Road, London N10 1JP
We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Conductor to join our multidisciplinary team at CPotential and deliver high-quality Conductive Education (CE) and therapeutic interventions to children and young people with movement disorders and complex needs.
In this role, you will provide advanced Conductive Education and holistic care to children, adolescents and their families, managing a varied caseload that includes assessments, specialist interventions and individually tailored programmes to meet each child’s needs. You’ll work collaboratively across education, health and social care settings, contributing to the development of services and supporting fundraising and promotional activities. As an active member of our multidisciplinary team (MDT), you’ll play a key role in ensuring that every programme of care is centred around the needs and goals of each child.
You’ll hold a degree in Conductive Education, with experience in planning, delivering and evaluating CE programmes for children with a range of abilities. You’ll have excellent communication skills, a flexible and solution-focused approach, and a genuine commitment to empowering children and their families.
Experience of working within an MDT setting and in UK conductive education environments is desirable, as is a strong commitment to ongoing professional development.
If you’re ready to make a real difference and be part of a supportive, collaborative team, we’d love to hear from you.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
**A Cover Letter is required alongside a CV when applying for this role**
Visit our website to download the full job pack and find out more about CPotential https://cpotential.org.uk/conductor-of-conductive-education-job-vacancy-2/
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job title: Conductor
Reports to: Senior Conductor / Clinical Services Manager
Contract: Permanent, part-time/full-time
Hours: 15-37.5 per week, including Saturday’s term time, and some evening and bank holiday working
Salary: £29,553 to £36,265 per year pro rata, dependent on experience
Annual leave: 30 days per year, with 3 days to be taken around Christmas (pro rata)
Location: CPotential, 143 Coppetts Road, London N10 1JP
Job Summary
· To provide a high standard of advanced Conductive Education (CE) and high quality of care to children of all ages, including adolescents and their families, across the charity to include assessment and specialist therapeutic interventions
· To manage a caseload of children and their families with varied and sometimes complex needs undertaking appropriate assessment, intervention and evaluation through programmes of therapy and support to meet identified needs
· To work in a variety of settings most appropriate to the child’s needs
· To communicate effectively with a range of people to include users of services and their families, education setting, local authority, NHS services as well as independent and voluntary sector partners
· To actively participate in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessment and options around the child centred model of care
· To assist with service developments, audits, fundraising and service promotion
· To supervise and delegate responsibilities to junior staff, students and therapy assistants
· To make recommendations for innovations and service-wide changes in practice and be responsible for the implementation of such change.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Service Delivery
· To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, including professional and legal accountability and managing clinical risk for all aspects of own work. Some aspects of work will involve the delivery of care as an individual practitioner or as part of the multidisciplinary team
· To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and delivery of Conductive Education, covering all aspects of development as per current best practice and in accordance with CPotential’s specific policies
· To undertake advanced assessment of children with neurological or other disabling conditions that affect gross motor and fine motor skills as well as children presenting with developmental delay. These children may also have complex health needs, psychological, cognitive and behavioural problems, which will need to be considered when designing their CE/therapy programme
· To formulate and deliver an individualised or group treatment programme, including improving participation in different position, mat activities, advanced obstacle courses and facilitating movement. You will also work with group of children together to facilitate social interaction and bonding between peers, facilitating positive learning experience for children and parents/ carers
· To contribute to recording and reporting on children’s achievements and progress
· To assess client/carers understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid formal consent and jointly agreed goals
· To have the capacity to work within a legal framework with clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment
· To work in partnership with parent/carers to enable and empower families of disabled children, to function effectively, and signpost to other services through MDT
· To represent the service by attending children's multi-agency meetings e.g., Team around the child reviews, educational review, child concern/child protection meetings
· To provide effective external communication, attend and contribute to meetings and discussions relating to children’s progress and development and the work of CPotential
· To ensure joint working within the MDT including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and music therapy
· To assist with the organising and running of intensive/ block sessions and events
· To assist in delivering Outreach services, as and when appropriate. This may include providing support for children in mainstream nurseries or schools and developing contact with SEN groups.
Professional
· To assume delegated tasks as requested by the Senior Conductor, including leading on service initiatives, policy development etc.
· To actively participate and engage in professional and personal development including in-service training, Clinical supervision, journal club and peer support maintaining professional standards and ensuring best practice
· To attend relevant training and development to maintain and develop skills and knowledge, (e.g., relevant courses, meetings, special interest groups and reading)
· To keep up to date with clinical and educational developments using clinical databases, electronic technology e.g., Cliniko
· To maintain up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate case notes in a timely manner, further support and training will be provided
· To adhere to codes of professional conduct and perform in line with Charity policy
· To undertake, as directed, collection of data for use in service audit and make recommendations to clinical lead/line manager changes to practice by the team
· To ensure compliance with National and Local guidelines, policies, procedures, local risk assessments and service processes
· To be responsible for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies relevant to the local team and/or identified area of expertise
· Adhere to Charity guidelines regarding client consent and confidentiality of information about clients, staff and health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act
· To work as an effective and responsible team member, arriving promptly, working flexibly but effectively during agreed hours
· To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and client priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise and delegating duties to junior staff or technical instructors
· To represent CE service, and/or individual client to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service presenting a positive impression of the MDT team and the CE Service
· To share expertise and knowledge gained with other members of the team.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
1. All employees are required to actively contribute towards the organisations’ clinical governance systems, taking responsibility as appropriate for quality standards and work towards the continuous improvement in clinical and service quality.
2. Administer and organise own work to ensure that it is accurate and meets quality targets, reasonable deadlines, and reporting requirements.
3. Adhere to all CPotential’s standards, policies and procedures.
4. Be responsible for personal learning and development to support the learning and development of others and the whole organisation.
5. Ensure all work is legally and regulatory compliant and follow best practice, including in the areas of ethical due diligence, GDPR, privacy, and marketing consent.
6. Demonstrate CPotential’s values of being professional, honest, reliable, collaborative, integrated, inclusive, curious, innovative, approachable and adaptable in your conduct when representing the charity.
7. Be responsible for your own health and safety, your colleagues and supporters, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and internal policies.
The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. Job descriptions should be regularly reviewed to ensure they are an accurate representation of the post. This job description is not intended to be a contractual document and may be amended from time to time in line with the needs of the organisation.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
· Degree in Conductive Education
· Experience of working with children
· Experience of planning, implementing and delivering CE programmes both as an individual and within a team
· Experience of planning and teaching/ training carer to children with a range of abilities
· Experience in setting functional and specific targets, as well as in use of an outcome measure
· Practical experience of teaching/ training children with various communication difficulties
· Experience of working closely with, establishing good relationships and educating parent/carers and families.
Desirable
- CPD evidence of paediatric experience
- Specialist paediatric training
- PCA Registered
- Experience of teaching staff
- Experience of working in a conductive education setting within the UK
- Experience of collaborative working in an MDT setting.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
· Good interpersonal skills
· Able to develop a therapeutic rapport with service users
· Able to prioritise own sessional and administrative workload
· Excellent communication skills and able to present information written and orally, in a clear and logical manner, and to keep accurate and legible client notes
· Understand the legal responsibilities of the role
· Able to work under own initiative and within the role boundaries
· Competent IT skills
· Demonstrate a flexible, adaptable and solution-based approach
· Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
· Ability to work well with other members of staff and to work successfully and supportive as a team member.
Desirable
· Able to supervise staff and students effectively when required
· Able to assess others’ competency in specific therapy interventions
· Up to date with evidence-based practice and new research.
General
- This role requires an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check
- Some evening/weekend/bank holiday working required
- Willing to carry out online and outreach sessions as and when needed
- Willingness to cover reception duties on occasion when working in the Centre.
STAFF BENEFITS
As a CPotential member of staff, you are one of the charity’s most important assets. We want you to love working for us and to develop personally and professionally while you’re with us to give us your best.
Holiday
It’s important to recharge your batteries, so we offer a generous holiday allowance, in addition to Public Holidays.
Learning and development
We offer life-changing learning to the children and young people we work with, and we value your learning just as much. All staff can access in-house training, and we budget for external training too.
Family support
We offer a range of benefits to support family life, including compassionate leave when needed.
Pension scheme
We offer the NEST pension scheme, of which new staff members are enrolled after three months of employment.
Employee Assistance Programme
It isn’t in anyone’s best interests if you have issues that are keeping you awake at night. We subscribe to an Employee Assistance Programme, so that you can access 24-hour support for things that are bothering you, whether at work or home.
Westfield Health Cash Plan
Healthcare with Westfield Health provides cash reimbursement for a selection of health therapies including optical, dental, osteopathy, and physiotherapy. Option to add family members at an additional cost. Offered to staff employed with us for a minimum of 12 months.
Job Types: Permanent, Part-time
Pay: £29,553.00-£36,265.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Do you have a degree in Conductive Education?
- Do you have at least 3 years' experience of working with children?
Work Location: In person
