Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist to join Bromley's Experts at Hand model, focusing on SEND transformation. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to strengthen early identification and intervention in education and early years settings. The role involves delivering evidence-based occupational therapy, providing coaching and consultation, and managing a caseload of children with occupational performance needs. You will collaborate with schools, families, and SENDCOs to improve functional outcomes for children and young people.
Essential criteria
- Educated to diploma or degree level in Occupational Therapy or equivalent training/study
- Professional Registration
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of the specialist sections or groups relevant to children's OT.
- Training
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Additional training in the assessment and treatment of children with functional needs.
- Relevant post registration specialist education - ideally sensory integration training levels 1 and 2
- Practice educator or equivalent
- Additional training in Coaching, OPC, COOP
- Experience of working in community NHS paediatric practice.
- Experience in assessing, planning and delivering occupation focused intervention for children with a range of difficulties e.g. physical disabilities, multiple and complex conditions, displaying, challenging behaviour, coordination or sensory processing difficulties
- Experience of equipment prescription and its principles in the paediatric setting.
- Excellent working knowledge of child development, related conditions and the implications for Occupational Therapy.
- Experience working with schools using evidence-based approaches, providing training and workshops to build capacity.
- Experience of upper limb splinting.
- Line management experience.
- Experience in specialist school provision.
- Working knowledge of the SEND agenda and reforms.
- Specific Skills
- Ability to independently manage a clinical caseload of children with varying needs within a community paediatric setting
- Ability to assess and analyse a child's functional abilities using standardised and non- standardised methods
- Ability to take an evidence- informed approach to assessments and interventions, using an occupation-based focus
- Ability to line manage others, including appraisal and performance management
- Confidence and competence in relating evidence-based theory to practice.
- Information Technology and Information Governance
- Good IT skills, including the use of Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Competent in use of electronic patient records.
- Ability to use information resources/ portals to order equipment, produce and submit data, reports, etc.
- Experience of EMIS
- Experience of TECS
- Educated to diploma or degree level in Occupational Therapy or equivalent training/study
- Professional Registration
- HCPC registration
- Member of the specialist sections or groups relevant to children's OT.
- Training
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Additional training in the assessment and treatment of children with functional needs.
- Relevant post registration specialist education - ideally sensory integration training levels 1 and 2
- Practice educator or equivalent
- Additional training in Coaching, OPC, COOP
- Experience of working in community NHS paediatric practice.
- Experience in assessing, planning and delivering occupation focused intervention for children with a range of difficulties e.g. physical disabilities, multiple and complex conditions, displaying, challenging behaviour, coordination or sensory processing difficulties
- Experience of equipment prescription and its principles in the paediatric setting.
- Excellent working knowledge of child development, related conditions and the implications for Occupational Therapy.
- Experience working with schools using evidence-based approaches, providing training and workshops to build capacity.
- Experience of upper limb splinting.
- Line management experience.
- Experience in specialist school provision.
- Working knowledge of the SEND agenda and reforms.
- Specific Skills
- Ability to independently manage a clinical caseload of children with varying needs within a community paediatric setting
- Ability to assess and analyse a child's functional abilities using standardised and non- standardised methods
- Ability to take an evidence- informed approach to assessments and interventions, using an occupation-based focus
- Ability to line manage others, including appraisal and performance management
- Confidence and competence in relating evidence-based theory to practice.
- Information Technology and Information Governanc
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Bromley Healthcare CIC
Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand
£45,953 - £54,254 Inc HCAS Per annum pro rata
Perm - 37.5 hrs per week
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join Bromley's evolving Experts at Hand (EaH) model and play a central part in the borough's SEND transformation. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team working to strengthen early identification, targeted intervention and inclusive practice across education and early years settings. As a School-Based OT, you will help shape a new, prevention-led offer that brings specialist expertise closer to classrooms, families and school communities. You will deliver evidence-based occupational therapy within a tiered Universal-Targeted-Targeted+-Specialist framework, providing coaching, consultation and modelling of OT strategies in real school environments. Day-to-day practice includes supporting whole-school approaches, delivering targeted interventions, implementing therapy programmes, and collaborating with teachers, SENDCOs and families to improve functional outcomes for children and young people. You will hold a targeted+ and specialist caseload, completing assessment and intervention in context for children with occupatio
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