Senior Specialist Community Children Occupational Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£58,133 to £65,261 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SE11 4TH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Summary

Please see the attached Job Description for full details of duties and responsibilities. To carry out advanced Occupational Therapy assessments and treatments of children referred to the service who have a range of special needs particularly children complex social and communication disorders such as Autism. To manage a highly specialist caseload independently To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret complex assessment findings, from both standardised and non-standardised assessments in order to help contribute and formulate uni-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary outcomes. To identify and select from a wide variety of therapeutic interventions which is evidence based using a client centred approach taking into account any clinical risk. To teach and demonstrate specific therapeutic techniques to parents/carers and education staff to enable them to carry out an Occupational Therapy programme designed specifically for their child. Evaluate client intervention and progress using appropriate outcome measures and evaluation tools. Modify treatment programmes as appropriate and discharge clients when the need for Occupational Therapy is no longer indicated. To provide the Occupational Therapy services to children in schools. This will involve the management, co-ordination and delivery of therapy on site, supervising more junior occupational therapy staff. The therapist will liaise directly with the Head Teacher and staff on issues such as setting of priorities and teacher training.

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