Occupational therapist at KaPP

Do you want to practice occupational therapy in an environment where your expertise contributes concretely to the autonomy and well-being of children and adolescents?

The KaPP, a child psychiatry unit, is looking for an occupational therapist to join its multidisciplinary team and actively participate in the support of young hospitalized patients.

Within the KaPP, you support children and adolescents with difficulties in their daily functioning.

Your role is to assess their needs, identify their resources and difficulties, and then build and implement appropriate occupational therapy interventions, with the aim of strengthening their skills, developing their autonomy and encouraging their participation in daily activities.

Your expertise is fully integrated into a global approach to child psychiatry, in close collaboration with the various professionals who surround the child.

In concrete terms, you will be required to:

• Conduct assessments of personal, occupational, and environmental factors to establish an occupational therapy diagnosis.
• Develop and implement an individualized intervention plan, in line with the young person's therapeutic project.
• Participate in institutional therapy and the daily life of the unit, individually and/or in a group.
• To contribute to the psychotherapeutic and institutional care of children in a global approach.
• Recommend and implement adapted equipment and compensatory tools.
• Support the development of abilities, learning and autonomy in daily activities.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and contribute to the drafting of reports.
• Be required to carry out home visits, when these are relevant in the context of the support.
• Collaborate with families and various external stakeholders.
• Share your expertise through information, training and prevention actions with the team and families.

• Holder of a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy.
• Comfortable working with children and adolescents.
• Ideally trained in the sensory integration approach.
• A person who is able to work independently while enjoying the dynamics of a multidisciplinary team.
• Organized, rigorous, and able to prioritize your priorities.
• Comfortable taking initiative and proposing solutions adapted to the needs of young people.
• Able to anticipate and manage multiple tasks in a friendly and demanding environment.
• Flexible and able to adapt to situations encountered in institutional therapy.
• Listening, with a real interest in working with children and their families.
• Experience with children is desired.
• Mastery of the Office Suite is required.