Specialist Children’s Community Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Specialist Children's Community Occupational Therapist within the Evelina Community OT team, serving Lambeth and Southwark. The post holder will assess and treat children aged 0-19 with various developmental conditions, working across community sites, homes, and schools. The role involves working as part of a multidisciplinary team and supporting SEND reforms. The service uses the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement to guide clinical practice.
Key responsibilities
- Provide an advanced standard of occupational therapy assessment, treatment, management, and advice to paediatric patients aged 0-19, their families, and carers within the community setting.
- Work as a lone practitioner, unsupervised, and at times in conjunction with less senior team colleagues across various community locations.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide universal and targeted support to assist the teaching workforce.
- Support the inclusion and integration of children with additional needs into education and school settings.
Essential criteria
- State registered Occupational Therapist (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Recognised training course for an Occupational therapist (e.g. PGDip or degree).
- Able to organise and manage own caseload.
- Able to work without direct supervision
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner.
- Able to set collaborative goals with client's and families.
- Have an awareness or understanding of Safeguarding
- Ability to cope with stressful situations.
- Able to work closely with team members.
- Be responsive to change and ideas- adapt to new systems, flexible working patterns.
- Ability to work from home when required.
- Post registration experience
- Working knowledge of the implementation of OT models of practice
- Have knowledge of typical child development
- Experience of multidisciplinary team or multi-agency working
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Member of Children's and Young Person special interest group
- Able to assess children.
- Involvement in service innovation/development
- Able to drive a car in the community setting
- Post registration experience of paediatrics.
- Post registration experience of neurology cases
- Experience of managing occupational therapy support staff
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 10d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Are you passionate about delivering high quality Occupational Therapy services to children? If the answer is "yes" then this may be the job opportunity for you.
Evelina Community Occupational Therapy have the opportunity to recruit to permanent and part time Band 6 posts.
The Evelina Community Children's Occupational Therapy Service is an integral part of specialist services that provides care to the population of Lambeth and Southwark. Southwark and Lambeth are multicultural and vibrant inner South London boroughs. The service is dynamic and works closely with multidisciplinary and multiagency colleagues.
Interview date: 22nd September 2026
For further details / informal visits contact:
[contact details removed] - Occupational Therapy Team Leader/Clinical Specialist on [phone number removed] or via [email removed]
Louise Vassallo- Occupational Therapy Team Leader/Clinical Specialist on [phone number removed] or via [email removed]
Main duties of the job
The post holders will have the opportunity to work across our community sites with Evelina Community OT team based at Sunshine House Child Development Centre in Camberwell, Southwark and Mary Sheridan Child development Centre, Kennington, Lambeth.
The successful applicants will be working within a large team of community children occupational therapists that support services to the Evelina comm
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