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An opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to work in our forward thinking and innovative team delivering client centred and occupation- centred care. Based in our friendly team of Physiotherapy, Speech and Language, and Occupational Therapy staff, you will be part of the Early Years Team based at Mile End Hospital. We follow an integrated model of delivering therapy services to children and young people. You will see children with a wide range of developmental difficulties (Physical, Learning and Autism) at homes and in mainstream or special educational settings. You will also be required to take part in delivering Parent Workshops and trainings.
Clinical supervision, in-service training, quality improvement projects and CPD opportunities will be offered to progress your skill development as a therapist. Applications for flexible working will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The Community Children’s Therapies team provides physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy for children and young people up to the age of 19 in Tower Hamlets. Most of the children and young people we work with have developmental difficulties which often are linked to a medical diagnosis e.g. cerebral palsy or autism.
Our services are delivered in clinics, mainstream and special schools, nursery settings, children and family centres and homes. You will be required to complete visits in a variety of settings eg homes, schools, children’s centres. As well as working at a ‘specialist’ level where we accept referrals for individual children and young people to our service, we also work with partner organisations like schools and children and family centres to enable other professionals to support families at a ‘targeted’ level. Building the capacity of other professionals and parents to support children and young people with developmental difficulties is a key priority for our team.
The role of the post holder is to provide a highly specialist and evidence-based Occupational Therapy Service to a specialist caseload of children with complex health and physical needs attending a designated special school as well as mainstream schools. To assist in the provision of day to day management of junior therapists and Therapy Assistants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate education
- Knowledge of the assessment and management of neuro-developmental disorders in children/young people,
- Knowledge of essentials in delivering a quality service
- Knowledge of the current national policy and legal context for children with disabilities.
- Knowledge of principles and application of family-centred practice
- Understanding of Occupational Performance and how this relates to clients.
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk
Desirable
- Knowledge around universal, targeted and specialist delivery.
- Knowledge of most common developmental difficulties e.g. autism and how these can impact on children and their families.
- Knowledge of a range of interventions and well developed applied knowledge of more specialised intervention techniques relevant to the client group(s).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post graduate experience in the field of children’s occupational therapy including children with physical disability and complex needs
- Experience of occupations-focused reflective practice within context of childhood disability
- Experience of supervising of junior staff
- Clinical experience within the NHS
- Experience of working in a community or other setting specialising in children’s care
- Experience of service development
- Experience of following child/adult safeguarding guidelines.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community clinic setting.
- Experience of using coaching to support adult learning.
- Experience of training others or supporting the education of others, including use of virtual platforms to do this.
- Experience in the organisation and presentation of workshops, courses or other training packages.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Degree/Diploma in Occupational therapy
- Attendance at specific and relevant training courses and further developing clinical knowledge in areas related to post.
Desirable
- Registered member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and the Health Professionals Council.
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This advert is for Children’s Community Occupational Therapist with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Jul 2026.
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