Job Description

Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist - Specialist School
Location: Chigwell
Setting: Independent Specialist School (Private Provider)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £59,741 per annum (DOE)
Working Pattern: Full-time
Start Date: ASAP or notice dependent

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Senior Occupational Therapist to lead therapy provision at a specialist school in Chigwell, on behalf of a private provider.

This is a leadership role within a therapeutic education setting, offering the opportunity to shape service delivery, mentor junior clinicians, and maintain a hands-on clinical caseload.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Lead the delivery of high-quality OT services across the school
• Supervise and support junior therapists
• Conduct complex assessments and develop advanced intervention plans
• Collaborate with senior education and care staff
• Represent OT in multi-agency meetings and contribute to EHCP reviews
• Drive service development and uphold clinical standards

Benefits:

• Salary up to £59,741 DOE
• Supportive clinical supervision and CPD opportunities
• Collaborative working within a well-resourced school
• Long-term career development in a specialist setting

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in paediatric or SEN settings
• Proven leadership and supervision experience
• Advanced knowledge of sensory integration and therapeutic models
• Excellent communication and clinical reasoning skills

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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