Children’s Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic therapists at East of England Community Health Care Children’s Occupational Therapy Service.

We are a fully integrated OT service combining health & social care roles for many years.

This role will require working within a named special school as well as holding a community caseload. Additional locations will include working at your clinic base, family homes, mainstream schools and local pre-school settings.

Children seen will have range of disabilities & developmental delays and are between 0-19 years old.

The post holder will be based in Huntingdon at The Oak Tree Centre, however, this post will require travel across the county to facilitate regular CPD and mandatory training.

The post holder will be joining a skilled and enthusiastic team of occupational therapists and assistants. We also work closely with our physiotherapy colleagues as well as other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

There is a strong commitment from East of England Community Health & Care for continued professional development for all members of staff.

We want you to use your skills & knowledge to make a real difference in children and young people’s lives.

Why not click on the link to the Job Description & find out more about the role. We look forward to receiving your application!

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 24th August 2026

Main duties of the job

To provide an integrated Occupational Therapy service to children and young people and their families, this will involve crossing traditional health and social care boundaries and promoting close, effective working relationships within the health multi-disciplinary team, the local authority and schools.

You will be responsible for your own caseload and in a supervisory capacity for that of junior staff /students working within your team.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with HCPC
  • Relevant post graduate training

Desirable

  • Post graduate attendance on child specific study days

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with families who are adjusting to disability issues
  • Experience working in multi-disciplinary or multi agency teams
  • Experience of working in the community

Desirable

  • Experience of working on complex cases in a multi-agency setting
  • Experience of using SystmOne electronic recording system
  • Experience working with children and young people
  • Experience supervising junior staff/students

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Awareness of moving and handling legislation
  • Ability to work with a child centred approach
  • Ability to work as a team and independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 2 September 2026

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