Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Job Summary

• To work as a member of a team, providing specialist assessment, identification of needs and recommendations for equipment and adaptations for children with varied and complex difficulties.
• To liaise with health, education and social services, working in partnership with primary carers and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service.
• To provide a specialist service to children in their own homes, respite / temporary home settings and educational settings with a range of complex special needs as required.
• The outcomes for this service provision are to maximise children’s independence, reduce and/or manage risk and improve quality of life. By utilising specialist Occupational Therapy skills in the assessment and provision of specialist/bespoke equipment and major complex adaptations within the context of relevant legislation, policies, procedures and resources of the local authority.
• To work in partnership with other statutory and voluntary agencies in order to enable families to remain in or return to their preferred accommodation.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To perform holistic assessments of children with complex needs and use risk assessments/ clinical reasoning to identify these needs and make appropriate recommendations.
• To undertake moving and handling risk assessments and provide appropriate equipment / adaptations and training to informal carers.
• To have an in depth knowledge of specific Housing legislation, i.e the Disabled Facilities Grant Housing legislation.
• To monitor and advise as necessary during the provision of major and minor adaptations.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
• Membership of RCOT
• Evidence of continuous and current clinical, professional, leadership and academic development relevant to clinical fields.
• Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent

Desirable

• Upper limb intervention training e.g Constraint Induced Movement therapy, Bimanual Therapy

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of a range of relevant conditions and their management related to this clinical area
• An understanding of Clinical governance and evidence based practice.

Experience

Essential

• Broad base of clinical experience prior to specialising
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of effective team working across settings

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).

Closing Date: 19 January 2026