Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist

Job summary

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission. We are looking for a Band 6 Childrens Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in Essex, to help us continue to change things for the better. Are you a caring and innovative Occupational Therapist with skills, working with children and adolescents with a variety of conditions, looking to join a supportive and progressive team? Are you interested in working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with most of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission? We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist tojoin our friendly and supportive Essex Integrated Therapies Team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Band 6 Childrens Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in Essex and be part of a supportive and progressive organization committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with most services rated as good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will belong to our valued team, receiving access to exclusive rewards, benefits like a Band 6 salary with NHS Pension, full Agenda for Change terms and conditions, and more. Key responsibilities include independently managing, prioritizing caseloads, assessing children with performance difficulties, recommending specialist equipment for home/school use, supporting service objectives, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, governance protocols, writing assessment reports, developing treatment plans, and delivering treatment to ensure effective outcomes. The ideal candidate will have a Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy, HCPC registration, and a minimum of two years post-graduate practice in paediatrics, with experience working with children and young people in the community. They should also possess strong knowledge of typical and atypical child development, experience in delivering Childrens Occupational Therapy assessments, interventions, the ability to create SMART treatment plans, and have a full UK driving license with access to a vehicle for work purposes.

About us

HCRG Care Group, established in 2006, is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. They transform health and care services with a focus on experience, efficiency, improved outcomes, and support millions across England each year. Their service spectrum includes adult and childrens community health services, primary care services like urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, adult social care, and wellbeing services. Guided by simple values'We care, We think, We do,' they serve and directly help more than half a million people annually. Committed to equal opportunities, they welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. As a Disability Confident Committed company, they provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive as possible for everyone. HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited, prioritizes safeguards, protection of children, young people, and vulnerable adults through established policies, safer recruitment process, disclosure of criminal records, and vetting checks.

Details

• Date posted: 04 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £33,289 to £41,176 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1546209546
• Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Harlow, CM18 7NG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• AFC Pension and terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We are looking for a Band 6 Childrens Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in Essex, to help us continue to change things for the better.

Are you acaring and innovative Occupational Therapist with skills, working with children and adolescents with a variety of conditions, looking to join a supportive and progressive team? Are you interested in working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with most of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission?

We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist tojoin our friendly and supportive Essex Integrated Therapies Team.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritise your own caseload independently.
• Assess children with performance difficulties and provide tailored self-management advice.
• Recommend and arrange specialist equipment for home and school use.
• Support the Team Lead and Therapies Manager in achieving service targets.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and governance procedures.
• Take part in supervision, training, and team meetings.
• Assess, diagnose, and develop treatment plans in collaboration with patients and carers.
• Write assessment reports and select appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Deliver and evaluate treatment to ensure effective outcomes.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

he Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• A Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy with HCPC registration and a minimum of two years post graduate practice in paediatrics, with experience of working with children and young people in the community
• Postgraduate training or relevant experience in areas such as child development, autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Experience working with children in a paediatric setting.
• Proficiency in a range of assessments and treatment approaches.
• Strong knowledge of typical and atypical child development.
• Experience delivering Childrens Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions, grounded in relevant theory.
• Ability to analyse assessments and create SMART goal-based treatment plans.
• Skill in designing and delivering tailored Occupational Therapy programmes.
• Understanding of specialist equipment and postural management.
• Effective multi-agency and multidisciplinary working skills.
• A solid grasp of child protection procedures.
• Knowledge of the EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) process for children with special educational needs.
• Strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to service users at every stage of their healthcare journey.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Please see the attached job description for a full person specification.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

UK Registration

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