Advanced Occupational Therapist - Specialist Children’s Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 21.6
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Infant Mental Health Team within Specialist Children’s Services. The role involves providing expert occupational therapy assessment and intervention for infants from conception to 3 years old and their caregivers. You will work independently across community and early years settings, contributing a specialist occupational therapy perspective within a multidisciplinary team. The post focuses on strengthening infant-caregiver relationships, promoting secure attachment, and reducing the risk of future mental health difficulties.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver expert occupational therapy assessment, intervention and ongoing management for infants and their families.
- Work independently across community and early years settings.
- Provide a specialist occupational therapy perspective within a multidisciplinary team.
- Support infants with complex needs, including disabilities, social care involvement and additional support needs.
- Develop and implement early interventions that strengthen the infant-caregiver relationship, promote secure attachment, and reduce the risk of future mental health difficulties.
- Use specialist knowledge of infant mental health, attachment and occupational development in clinical practice.
Essential criteria
- HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist.
- Post-registration experience.
- Experience working with:
- Infants and families.
- Complex multi-agency systems.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously within a specialist team.
- Sound understanding of:
- Infant mental health.
- Attachment theory.
- Trauma-informed practice.
- Early occupational development.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £52,845 – £61,466 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
256249
Salary:
Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
Job closing date:
13/09/2026
Job Type:
Allied Health Professions
Location:
Templeton Business Centre
Employment type:
Fixed-term
Hours Per Week:
21.6
Job posted date:
20/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department:
Specialist Children’s Services
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Infant Mental Health Team within Specialist Children’s Services. The post supports infants from conception to 3 years old and their caregivers and offers a unique opportunity for an autonomous clinician to contribute a specialist occupational therapy perspective within a developing and innovative service.
All other roles will be assessed for sponsorship eligibility in line with current Home Office requirements
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