# Specialist Children Occupational Therapist

**Company**: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
**Location**: catford
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £39959.00 to £48117.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated clinician to join our large, dynamic, and supportive Children's Occupational Therapy team in a fixed-term maternity cover Specialist Occupational Therapist role.

This is an excellent development opportunity, offering the chance to enhance your specialist skills while making a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people. Working with children and young people aged 0-19 years, you will provide high-quality specialist assessment, intervention, and support for those with a wide range of developmental disabilities, long-term conditions, and additional needs.

You will manage a varied and rewarding caseload, helping children and young people maximise their independence and participation in everyday occupations, including self-care, play, learning, and school-based activities. As part of a thriving multidisciplinary service, you will have access to experienced colleagues, professional support, and opportunities to contribute to service development and innovation.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and interventions to children and young people, managing a caseload of clients with a variety of developmental disabilities.

- Contribute to the overall development of the occupational therapy service as the service evolves in line with organisational changes, holding responsibility for defined projects.

- Work in a range of community settings including special schools under the supervision of senior staff.

- Involve the child or young person and their carers throughout intervention and work co-operatively with other professionals and agencies in meeting their needs.

**Key Result Areas:**

- Provision of clinically effective occupational therapy assessment and intervention.

- Using sound evidence base to inform practice.

- Provide child-centred and family centred interventions.

- Work as part of wider multi-disciplinary team.

- Support other staff and students in their development.

- Work within a changing environment, adapting own practice to these changes.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £39,959 to £48,117 per annum pro rata.

- Opportunities for professional development and growth.

- Collaborative and supportive work environment.

**Person Specification:**

- Essential qualifications: Diploma or degree in occupational therapy, Post registration training in specialist field of paediatrics, Safeguarding training level 3.

- Desirable qualifications: Student supervisors course, Further training in specialist paediatric intervention approaches.

**Experience:**

- Essential experience: Occupational Therapist working in children and young people's services, Working in an NHS environment, Working with education services, Client centred practice within a multidisciplinary environment.

- Desirable experience: Supervision of staff, Working in community services, Member of professional body and special interest group.

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## Skills

### Required
- occupational therapy
- paediatrics
- safeguarding

### Nice to have
- student supervision
- specialist paediatric intervention approaches

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