Children's Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the Children's Occupational Therapy team at Bromley Healthcare. The role involves providing a high standard occupational therapy service to children up to 18 years with functional difficulties, acting as the OT Lead for Education and Health Care (EHC) assessments, and overseeing quality assurance of EHC assessment provision. The post holder will manage a complex clinical caseload, develop and provide specialist interventions, and line manage a small team. This role requires autonomous working across various community and educational settings.
Key responsibilities
- Provide Education, Health and Care plan (EHC) assessments, reports and reviews, ensuring adherence to guidelines.
- Exercise specialist understanding in complex cases, supporting multi-disciplinary colleagues and offering specialist testimony.
- Maintain specialist knowledge of the EHC process and associated legislation, promoting quality improvement.
- Manage a complex clinical caseload using evidence-based practice and client-centred care.
- Carry out assessments and evaluate children's occupational performance using various methods.
Essential criteria
- Educated to diploma or degree level in Occupational Therapy or equivalent training/study
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development, including post registration training/qualifications in relevant specialist areas e.g. sensory integration levels 1 and 2, CO-OP approach, neurodevelopment and complex needs
- Post registration training/qualification in leadership and management, or equivalent experience.
- Comprehensive training in assessment and treatment of children with complex functional needs
- Up to date Moving & Handling training.
- Field Work Educator Course, or equivalent training/experience.
- Ability to autonomously manage a complex caseload within a community paediatric setting.
- Significant, current and relevant clinical skills - either developed in children's OT or transferable - demonstrating evidence informed practice with an occupation-based focus.
- Excellent working knowledge of child development and varying conditions and the implication for Occupational Therapy.
- Ability to assess the need for, prescribe/recommend and advise on the use of specialist equipment.
- Ability to assess and analyse a child's functional abilities using standardised and non-standardised methods, in line with best practice.
- Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to empower others in practice and a sound understanding of accountability, delegation and escalation in a clinical setting.
- Excellent written communication skills, including: odetailed reports and contemporaneous note taking othe ability to record and convey actions, decisions, recommendations, etc, accurately, succinctly and within timelines
- Significant post registration experience within paediatrics
- Experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience of complex caseload management.
- interventions - including moving and handling and specialist equipment use - for children with a range of difficulties e.g. physical disabilities, multiple and complex conditions, displaying, challenging behaviour, coordination or sensory processing difficulties
- Significant experience in the assessment and provision of EHC reports.
- Excellent understanding of the SEND Code of Practice, EHC plans and related legislation.
- Established knowledge of national policies, procedures and legislation relevant to Children's OT, including safeguarding.
- Experience of leadership and management, including appraisal and performance/absence management.
- Solid IT skills, including use of mobile phone, laptop etc and programmes for service delivery and line management e.g. Microsoft office, internet, email
- Knowledge and experience of using electronic patient/clinical systems, including ordering clinical equipment.
- Experience of electronic diaries and/or rosters
Desirable criteria
- Training specific to EHC process, including report writing and giving evidence at tribunals/hearings
- Experience of attending EHC panels.
- Experience in providing specialist OT school provision
- Experience of leading policy and/or service development
- Experience of using EMIS
- Experience of using eRoster
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Bromley Healthcare CIC
Children's Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Band 7 Children's Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead
Full-time hours 37.5 per week
£53,751 - £60,651 Inclusive of HCAS
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our Children's Occupational Therapy team.
The Children`s Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead will work as part of a team that provides a high standard occupational therapy service to children up to 18 years of age with difficulties in play, self-care and/or school occupations due to a variety of conditions.
The post holder will be the OT Lead for Education and Health Care (EHC) assessments, with responsibility for completing assessments, providing reports and attending EHC panels along with oversight and quality assurance of EHC assessment provision across the service.
The post holder will develop, plan and provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, interventions and advice for children with functional difficulties, working closely with the multidisciplinary team, wider CYP service, school staff and families/carers. The postholder will work autonomously, seeing children in a variety of community healthcare and educational settings, including clients' homes, clinics, schools and nurseries.
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