Volunteer Occupational Therapist

Join Children Not Numbers as a Volunteer Occupational Therapist, providing remote support to children in Gaza with trauma and chronic conditions.

• Support the Rehabilitation team's mission by effectively engaging with the CNN Multi-Disciplinary Team to remotely provide optimal rehabilitation advice and intervention to injured and disabled children in Gaza.
• Maintain consistent communication that enables effective patient care, operational efficiency, and timely decision-making.
• Assess patients' physical and functional conditions and equipment requirements to determine treatment needs.
• Plan and implement therapeutic interventions to help patients develop, recover, or maintain the skills and function necessary for daily living.
• Develop, monitor and evaluate individualised treatment plans to improve and/or maintain patients' ability to perform age-appropriate daily activities
• Provide advice on appropriate therapy to enhance function, independence, coordination, play and fine motor skills.
• Provide support to the rehabilitation clinicians and team, in and out of Gaza.
• To offer clear, focused, and accessible rehabilitation advice and interventions through written programmes and other relevant materials, all provided in the local language (translation support available).
• To use a child-centred, goal/task-focused and functional/play-based approach, alongside ‘SMART’ concepts, and to ensure all advice provided is realistic and achievable.
• Identify the necessary resources to ensure optimal patient rehabilitation.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals, including doctors, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, and caseworkers
• Utilise WhatsApp for real-time communication and SharePoint for documentation, as well as other relevant systems and programmes.
• Maintain accurate patient records and document progress.
• Stay up to date with best practices and advancements in Occupational Therapy.
• Contribute to rehabilitation MDT meetings.
• Contribute to the leadership and coordination of the Rehabilitation team, ensuring effective collaboration and communication among team members.
• To be proactive in volunteering time and expertise, and to proactively contribute to group discussion and communication, including volunteering for both patient-related and team tasks/responsibilities.
• Perform any other duties as required from time to time to support the rehabilitation program and CNN’s goals.

• degree in Occupational Therapy
• regulatory registration