Children's Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist to work with children aged 0-19 years with various disabilities across East Sussex. The post-holder will manage a defined caseload, provide assessments and treatments, and work within a multi-agency team. The service emphasizes training, development, and robust supervision, supporting new ways of working including hybrid and geographically smart approaches. A car driver is essential for this community-based role.
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- State Registered with HCPC
- Experience across a broad range of placements
- Experience in assessment and planning occupational therapy treatment for a variety of conditions
- Experience of working with children in any setting
Desirable criteria
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Knowledge of assessment, treatment planning and evaluation
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application to practice
- Knowledge of common treatment tools and outcome measures
- Knowledge of complex neurological problems
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work with both groups and individuals
- Knowledge of typical conditions and child development
- Good personal organisational skills
- Training and presentation skills
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- State Registered with HCPC
- Experience across a broad range of placements
- Experience in assessment and planning occupational therapy treatment for a variety of conditions
- Experience of working with children in any setting
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Knowledge of assessment, treatment planning and evaluation
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application to practice
- Knowledge of common treatment tools and outcome measures
- Knowledge of complex neurological problems
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work with both groups and individuals
- Knowledge of typical conditions and child development
- Good personal organisational skills
- Training and presentation skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Children's Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to kick-start your occupational therapy career in Paediatrics? Although based in East Sussex, we are employedby KCHFT which is an outstanding trust.
We are currently seeking a B5 Occupational Therapist with experience in paediatrics either prior to training or post-qualification or with an interest in working with children and young people with special educational needs and/or neurodiverseneeds, physical disability. We are a community-based service; we work in clinics, nurseries, schools and in the home with an emphasis on workinggeographically smart and hybrid-working.
You will need to be initiative-taking, resilient and solution-focused to embrace new ways of working; with an emphasis on multi-agency working and driving improved outcomes for children and young people. Car-driver is essential. The post-holderwill work closely within the Neighbourhood team including Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Adaptations andIntegrated Therapy Assistants.
The service has a strong commitment to training and development with robust supervision and shadowing opportunities across the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, working with children
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