Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 31 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £44,660.21 to £53,046.29 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44660.21 - £53046.29 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 April 2026 |
| Location: | Wallington, SM6 0DZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | N0016-26-0003 |
Summary
Working within a multidisciplinary team of speech therapists and occupational therapists, the post holder will have the opportunity to work in local schools and colleges across the 4 years to 25 years age range or with a smaller age range within this. Advising and supporting local schools / settings with children and young people with Occupational Therapy Needs, including a possible cohort with ASD or PMLD to manage their caseload to ensure that intended outcomes are delivered within agreed service standards. Raising awareness of the needs of and strategies available for children and young people with OT Needs. Principal Accountabilities To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support. Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis. Advice and treatment for children and young people with functional difficulties and sensory processing needs. Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level. Maintaining children/young peoples records to a high standard. To advise and support school staff on the education of children and young people with OT Needs including: Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of occupational therapy provision required in line with service criteria. At the point of referral gathering relevant information regarding previous and current input from health and social care services. Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on access to education. Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care. Contributing to professional advice regarding the statutory assessment and annual review process both in Sutton and in out-of-borough settings if necessary. Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers. To recommend, provide or advise on provision of equipment and take responsibility for demonstrating its usage and training clients/carers. To undertake risk assessment in complex moving and handling situations where appropriate i.e. provision of equipment identified for the school environment. To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these as required to key stakeholders. To liaise and establish communication networks with the multidisciplinary team, external voluntary and statutory organisations as appropriate in planning for child or young persons treatment. Promotion of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the school curriculum. Maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g., parents, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice. Promote robust transition arrangements for pupils with Occupational Therapy needs including: Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people. To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users. To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required. To contribute to formulating policies for specialist area and proposals for general service changes. As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers. To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed. To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements.