Band 6 Occupational Therapist

London Borough of Sutton; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

London Borough of Sutton is expanding its therapies service by recruiting occupational therapists to support statutory provision and SEND services, including the new Experts At Hand service launching in September 2026.

Cognus Therapies is a thriving multidisciplinary team delivering evidence‑based interventions in schools and colleges for children and young people aged 4–25, with a collaborative culture and embedded therapy model to meet pupils’ needs.

Job description

About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate

We are currently expanding the size of our therapies team by recruiting occupational therapists to support the rise in statutory occupational therapy provision and SEND Support services across the London Borough of Sutton. As part on the Government’s SEND reform we are developing a new and exciting ‘Experts At Hand’ service launching in September 2026; this will be embedded into our therapies service.

We are currently expanding the size of our therapies team by recruiting occupational therapists to support the rise in statutory occupational therapy provision and SEND Support services across the London Borough of Sutton. As part on the Government’s SEND reform we are developing a new and exciting ‘Experts At Hand’ service launching in September 2026; this will be embedded into our therapies service.

Cognus Therapies are a thriving multidisciplinary team of occupational therapists, speech and language therapists teachers, practitioners and therapy assistants who support children and young people aged 4 – 25 years in mainstream schools, colleges, and specialist settings within the London Borough of Sutton and surrounding boroughs.

We are seeking enthusiastic occupational therapists to join our friendly and supportive team. Collaborative working is an important part of the role. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team providing innovative therapy interventions following evidence-based practice and an embedded model of therapy in order to best support the pupils’ needs.