Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist Sherwood Foundation: Sponsorship Available

Cognus Limited

Job summary

Cognus Limited is a Local Authority Traded Company, which is commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton to provide education services to early years providers, mainstream schools and specialist education settings in Sutton. Wholly owned by the local authority, we deliver a wide range of high-quality services to deliver excellent practice that improve the lives of children, young people, and families in Sutton and beyond.

We are currently recruiting occupational therapists to support the delivery of occupational therapy provision at Sherwood Foundation School, as part of our Transdisciplinary Team, working with dedicated teaching staff, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and wellbeing practitioners, helping children aged 4-19 years with complex needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team providing innovative therapy interventions following evidence-based practise and an embedded model of therapy in order to best support the pupils needs.

Sherwood Foundation consists of 3 campuses in Sutton providing education for children and young people with complex physical and severe learning disabilities, autistic pupils and moderate learning difficulties.

Cognus Therapies provides a robust supervision framework with all posts receiving Managerial and Clinical Supervision. Regular time is allocated for Continuing Professional Development.

Main duties of the job

To advise and support school staff and other therapists on the education and therapeutic interventions of children and young people with OT Needs including

Completion of baseline and transition assessments to identify the strengths, needs, outcomes and provision for students with complex communication profiles

Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care and advice on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.

Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct OT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers.

To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these with key stakeholders.

To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users.

To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a paediatric Occupational Therapist
  • Relevant qualifications including registration with HCPC

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Leads others by setting a positive example in line with company values and acts as a role model Experience as a paediatric occupational therapist
  • Adherence to RCOT and HCPC policies and procedures
  • Is decisive with problem-solving skills
  • Is committed to safeguarding and protection of children
  • Honours and upholds the Companys Equal Opportunity Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children, Health and Safety and Data Protection Policy at all times.

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: 25 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.