Senior Childrens Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This new role seeks a creative and experienced Occupational Therapist to work with children and young people. You will help shape and deliver the Occupational Therapy service in local schools using a tiered model approach. The role involves providing advice and support to enable children to participate in school activities, delivering training to school staff, and producing written resources and reports. You will also assess for and recommend appropriate equipment and environmental adjustments to support access to the curriculum.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver Occupational Therapy advice and support to enable children to participate in school activities.
- Deliver training to staff in school to help develop awareness of children's needs and advise on strategies.
- Produce written resources and reports.
- Assess for / recommend appropriate equipment and environmental adjustments to support access to the curriculum.
- Work in collaboration with senior colleagues and partners in education to agree priorities for Occupational Therapy support.
- Complete assessments of children's needs using a range of standardised and non-standardised activities.
Essential criteria
- Post graduation experience of working with children with a range of presentations impacting their participation in activities
- Experience in writing reports for EHCPs
- Relevant professional degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current HCPC registration
- Current UK Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- SI related qualification
- Experience of supporting children with sensory differences within the school setting
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Senior Childrens Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a creative, experienced Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in working with children and young people. In this new role, you will work closely with senior colleagues to help shape and deliver our Occupational Therapy service into local schools, using a tiered model approach.
Children's Therapies is a friendly, supportive team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech & Language Therapists who work closely together in locality bases, clinics and schools. As a result there is regular opportunity for innovation and integrated working to achieve the best outcome for the children and young people we see.
Main duties of the job
To deliver Occupational Therapy advice and support to enable children to participate in the full range of school activities available to them.
To deliver training to staff in school to help develop awareness of the needs of children, and advice on strategies to address this.
To produce written resources and reports.
To assess for / recommend appropriate equipment and environmental adjustments to support access to the curriculum.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diver
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