# Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist – Early Years lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-childrens-occupational-therapist-early-years-lead/ce49e8db-94a5-4cd6-89fa-3d01a176e23b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-childrens-occupational-therapist-early-years-lead/ce49e8db-94a5-4cd6-89fa-3d01a176e23b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Location:** Croydon University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 p.a incl of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T10:20:45.140Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Childrens_Occupational_Therapy/Childrens_Occupational_Therapy-v8257148 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8257148?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist – Early Years Lead An exciting opportunity has arisen in our team for an Occupational Therapist (OT) with children’s OT experience. We are looking for a children's OT to lead on the development of a high quality OT service for Early years. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced OT to join our innovative Children’s OT service We are based in a modern Children’s Development Centre promoting multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working. Along with clinical work the post holder will also supervise junior members of the team and OT students also assisting with and lead on service developments. The post holder will also receive supervision and support by senior members of the team. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS: - A Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy - State registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Experience working with early years children with disabilities in a community OT setting ### Main duties of the job The post holder will act as a source of clinical expertise and advice on Occupational Therapy input for Early years children within the Children’s Occupational Therapy team and for other health professionals and colleagues working within external agencies. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification*** ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with children and their families/carers in a family and child centred approach - Experience of having taught peers / assistants / students - Experience working in community settings, including a local authority in the UK - Extensive experience of working with Early Years - Has supervised junior staff / assistances / students **Desirable** - Postural management and equipment skills and experience - Experience of working with children with Autism and ADHD ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and staff, incl. children with significant communication difficulties - Excellent report writing skills, including record keeping - Good organisational and time management skills - Ability to facilitate others to deliver OT treatment programmes **Desirable** - Experience of delivery coaching and co-op approaches to interventions. - Experience of delivery parent groups in relation to sensory and functional needs. - Experience participating in or leading on audits. ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - OT Degree/Diploma - HCPC registration - Post-qualification paediatric training - Evidence of self-directed learning and CPD **Desirable** - Bobath/Neurodevelopmental training - Postural management training - Equipment and adaptations training - Sensory training ### Knowledge and Understanding **Essential** - Demonstrate a clear understanding of OT skills in relation to children with disabilities - Excellent clinical knowledge and well established OT assessment and treatment skills - Commitment to service development **Desirable** - Knowledge of children’s normal developmental milestones and experience of working with developmental checklists - Knowledge of specialist equipment and adaptations - Knowledge of Sensory strategies and interventions - Knowledge of Neurodevelopment input ## Documents - [b7 early years lead ot (pdf, 616.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591634) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) ## 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.