# Children's Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-occupational-therapist/f44f4dc7-bd2e-4cf5-a4ee-b7fdc14e7dad - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-occupational-therapist/f44f4dc7-bd2e-4cf5-a4ee-b7fdc14e7dad.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum Including HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 22.5 hours per week (Flexible working patterns/ agile working) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-03T00:03:59.658Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Childrens_Occupational_Therapist/Childrens_Occupational_Therapist-v8183856 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8183856?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Barnet Children’s Integrated Therapies have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self‑motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. This is a 0.6 WTE (3 days per week) permanent post. This role involves working with children and young people aged 0–19 years across a variety of settings. You will work collaboratively as part of a wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), alongside education, health and social care professionals, to deliver coordinated, child-centred care and achieve the best possible outcomes. You will manage a diverse and rewarding caseload, supporting children and young people with a wide range of needs, including physical disabilities, developmental coordination difficulties, neurodevelopmental differences, sensory processing differences and complex needs. You will have opportunities for Agile working arrangements including the provision of mobile technology and flexible working hours and arrangements. ### Main duties of the job About the Role OTs in Barnet work as part of a dynamic Integrated Therapy Team. The wider service supports children and young people across a range of settings including special schools, mainstream schools and clinics, with needs ranging from mild to highly complex. Your role will include: Providing specialist assessment, advice and intervention in 1:1 and group settings Working collaboratively with school staff to embed therapeutic strategies Educating and upskilling those around the child so that strategies can be embedded into daily routines. Providing Universal OT support through delivering training and drop in sessions for early identification of needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - A broad range of clinical conditions in children and young people - Understanding of the difference between Universal, targeted and specialist service provision. **Desirable** - Understanding of the tribunal process and EHCPs. - Knowledge of the current evidence base around parent coaching, home programmes, supporting sensory processing differences and goal directed therapy. ### Experience **Essential** - Specialist skills in completing functional assessments for school aged children, analysing their independence and participation. - Previous experience working in schools. - Experience supporting children and young people with physical disabilities and understanding the impact on daily functioning. - Sound understanding of confidentiality - Experience developing therapy programmes and treatment advice and upskilling those around the child to carry out. **Desirable** - Previous NHS experience - Experience completing assessments of the upper limb including muscle tone, range of movement, posturing and quality of movements. - Experience using parent coaching approaches to upskill and empower families to implement occupational therapy strategies effectively within the home environment. - Experience of the development and implementation of training programmes for school staff/ parents. - Clinical supervision and oversight to junior team members. - Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team. ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Able to respond to pressure appropriately - Professional manner - Commitment to equal opportunities - Demonstrate trust values: innovative, compassionate, accountable, respectful, excellent - Commitment to Continuing Professional Development - To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area - To take the majority of annual leave during the school holidays. **Desirable** - To have access to a car ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Able to independently manage own clinical caseload and prioritize as required - Demonstrates effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies. This includes clear, concise verbal and written reporting skills - IT skills including MS Teams, updating spreadsheets, and navigating clinical IT systems to maintain accurate and efficient records. - Excellent presentation skills of complex information - Ability to produce clear, concise, and clinically robust reports outlining needs, provision, and therapy recommendations. ### Training and Qualification **Essential** - Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration - NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy - Evidence of continued Professional Development related to the post. **Desirable** - Clinical educator training - Member of RCOT ## Documents - [whittington employment promise (pdf, 22.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=839) - [whittington probationary policy (pdf, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=621) - [job description and person specification ot band 6 (pdf, 560.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487610) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.