CYPS Specialist Occupational Therapist- developmental role
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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 or developing Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join a friendly team providing occupational therapy to children and young people in Gloucestershire. The role involves managing a full clinical caseload, providing assessment and intervention programmes for children with diverse needs, and utilising various treatments in community and school settings. The service supports children with physical health challenges, learning disabilities, and autistic spectrum conditions. Supervision and support from senior staff are provided, making it ideal for those with children's experience seeking a supportive environment.
Key responsibilities
- Independently manage a specialist clinical caseload, providing assessment and treatment programmes for children and young people with diverse physical healthcare needs.
- Ensure the child and young person's voice and lived experience are central to all decision-making and clinical care planning.
- Provide supervision and support to OT Support Workers as appropriate.
- Liaise with other agencies including education settings, social care, and voluntary agencies.
- Provide a range of health care based assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) and their families/carers.
- Undertake accountability, responsibility, and independent management of a clinical caseload, acting as the responsible case holder.
Essential criteria
- State Registered Occupational Therapist and be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Post graduate clinical experience and demonstrate specialist or developing clinical knowledge and experience of working with complex physical health issues (including LD & ASD) and applying specialist clinical assessment and interventions within a personalised care planning approach
- Demonstrate experience and knowledge regarding delivering evidence based/ best practice clinical interventions within childrens community healthcare or relevant setting
- Demonstrate profession based and specialist clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CYPS therapeutic interventions, including current evidence based/best practice
Desirable criteria
- Completion of Clinical/Practice Educators Course or equivalent
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CYPS field or skill
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.
Posted 5d ago · Closes in 19d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Applications from developing band 5's or those with experience welcome! Full time and part time opportunities available.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced or developing band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly team providing occupational therapy to children and young people in Gloucestershire.
Children and Young People's Occupational Therapy Services is part of an Integrated Children's Directorate providing services for children and young people with challenges to their physical health and also those with learning disability and autistic spectrum conditions within health, social care, education and the local acute hospital.
Your role will involve managing a full clinical caseload, providing assessment and intervention programmes for children with a range of need. Your care planning will utilise a range of treatments, skills and options for use in the community and school settings.
The role is the perfect opportunity for those who already have children's experience and want to work alongside a supportive team of other children's occupational therapists.
HCPC registration and ability to travel within the county is essential.
Main duties of the job
Independently manage a specialist clinical caseload with support and supervision provided by senior staff via various methods e.g. face to face contact, email, telephone. This will incl
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