Paediatric Occupational Therapist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 plus HCAS per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 January 2026 |
| Location: | Barking, IG117LZ |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7669607/395-BD105-25-A |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Children’s Occupational Therapist in Barking and Dagenham as part of the Children’s Integrated Targeted Health Services. The post is a permanent, full time role (37.5 hours per week).
You will join a small, innovative and supportive team, providing assessment and intervention for children and young people aged 0-19 who have functional difficulties attributable to a wide range of special needs or disabilities. Assessment and intervention is delivered within the clinic but also in the child’s home, school, nursery or community settings. Opportunities exist to developing and running groups.
The Children’s Occupational Therapy Team is based in a purpose-built centre, co-located with many other health services. Therapists have good access to clinical space as well as close working relations with the multi-disciplinary teams. The successful applicants would be expected to work closely with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services.
The responsibilities of the post include managing your own caseload, working without direct supervision; providing functional assessment of children with special needs and disabilities, focusing on childhood occupations; delivering family-centered and evidence based occupational therapy intervention and contributing to the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy service.
The successful applicants will thrive on working as part of a team and will demonstrate excellent and time management skills communication skills.
The role will entail both one to one intervention and facilitation of groups for children and young people and parents.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
The responsibilities of the post include managing your own caseload, working without direct supervision; providing functional assessment of children with special needs and disabilities, focusing on childhood occupations; delivering family-centered and evidence based occupational therapy intervention and contributing to the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy service.
The successful applicants will thrive on working as part of a team and will demonstrate excellent and time management skills communication skills.
The role will entail both one to one intervention and facilitation of groups for children and young people and parents
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Dec 2026