About – The Collective Sensory Group

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The Collective Sensory Group

Our Story

Founded in 2015, the Collective Sensory Group (CSG) was established by parents of children with additional needs and developmental delays who identified a need for greater service provision within their community. Recognising the significant impact that early intervention can have on a child with additional needs, our founders set out to offer an affordable Occupational Therapy service that could be subsidised by charitable donations from the wider community.

Throughout the last number of years, our service has undergone significant expansion to support families in a wider range of areas including; Occupational Therapy assessments, parent coaching, children respite services, adult day services, adult respite services, behaviour support programmes to support people with additional needs. We pride ourselves on our community integration work and the positive clinical feedback we have received.

Our wide range of services also aims to empower parents/guardians to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to best support their children and young adults as they navigate daily life and the demands placed upon them.

Our Teams

Occupational Therapy

As part of the CSG team, our CORU registered Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants can expect a wide and varied role to keep them stimulated throughout their working day, such as:

Providing Occupational Therapy assessments.
One-to-one Occupational Therapy intervention sessions to support identified goal areas (e.g. independence skills, motor skills, sensory processing and regulation).
Implementing group therapy sessions.
Session planning and managing therapy resources.
Parent consultations and goal setting.
Parent coaching and feedback sessions.
Assessment and intervention report writing.
Liaising with schools, preschools and other professionals involved with the child.
Engage in regular continuing professional development including ‘in house’ and external training as well as professional supervision.

If you are interested in learning more about joining our OT Team, please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter to the link below.

Our Teams

Day Service

Our CORU registered, Social Care Workers are committed to supporting our service attendees to engage within their community and develop the skills each individual needs to live a life of their choosing. Our dedicated team does this through:

Providing a person-centred service that allows adults with additional needs to enhance their skills, investigate new interests, and firmly establish themselves within their community
Offering a safe setting for service attendees to engage in positive risk taking and to support them to develop as individuals.
Ensuring our service attendees are listened to and that a bespoke service is provided, in-keeping with their will and preference.
Recognising the rights of our service attendees and advocating for them when requested.
Working with each individual to ensure goals are based around each service attendee’s abilities, own personal aims, and to improve their overall quality of life.
Adhering to New Directions guidelines to ensure that all services are person centred as well as meaningful and goal based.
Designing training programmes to build independence, self-advocacy and the understanding of safe relationships.
Supporting our attendees to live as independently as they can and ensuring that they access services that will support them to lead a life that they choose.

If you would like to learn more about joining the CSG Day Service Team, please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter to the link below

Our Teams

Family Support Services

As part of the CSG team, our CORU registered social care workers offer a range of supports to families of children with disabilities who are in or are approaching crisis. As part of our Family Support Team, you can expect to provide the following:

Offering bespoke family support, tailored to the individual’s needs and circumstances.
Working directly with both the child and parent/care giver to ensure a clear and consistent approach is used.
Liaising with government bodies, specialists and other service providers to ensure follow-up care is provided.
Signposting families to appropriate services within their community.
Implementing specialist support programmes designed by a dedicated professional.
Identifying creative solutions to support engagement with a child in crisis.
Becoming a valued member of our multidisciplinary team to ensure best practice in each family you support.
Report writing and providing recommendations.
Access to upskilling opportunities, in-house and external training, and supervision.

If you would like to learn more about joining our Family Support Services Team, please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter to the link below.

Testimonials

What Our Staff Say

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Valued staff member

"Working at The Collective Sensory Group is incredibly rewarding. We have a supportive team dynamic that ensures our clients receive the highest quality of care, while promoting staff wellbeing through activities like yoga. The service manager fosters innovation and I've benefitted from opportunities to explore various areas of occupational therapy practice in line with my interests. I've been supported to expand my expertise in working with both children and adults, as well as upskilling in seating assessments. It's great to work in an environment that encourages continuous learning through courses and high quality supervision, and allows me to follow my passions across different specialties."