Children's Occupational Therapist B5

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Carlisle

On-site

GBP 32,000 - 39,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

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Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join the Children’s Community team. You will manage a clinical caseload, assess and treat children and young people with disabilities, collaborating with education settings, housing and other professionals using MOHO as a guiding framework.

The role involves 1:1 supervision, access to clinical networks, and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

HCPC registration is required.
Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

Manage a clinical caseload, assess, plan, deliver and evaluate treatment for children and young people.
Provide specialist advice to clients, carers, education settings, housing and other professionals using MOHO framework.
Offer supervision and participate in CPD sessions and clinical networks.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

IT skills

Teamwork

Organisation

Travel ability

Education

Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Tools

Publisher

Word processing

Job description

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Children's Occupational Therapist B5

The closing date is 28 October 2026

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic team player?

If this is you then we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a dynamic, flexible and forward thinking Occupational Therapist ideally with experience of working with children and young people with physical disabilities, to join the Children's Community Occupational Therapy Team covering areas in North Cumbria.

The Occupational Therapy team enables children and young people with acute or chronic illness and/or disability to work toward meaningful occupation focused goals. They also work with those who support them, creating an environment in which they can succeed in reaching their full potential.

Within this post you will expected to work as a member of the Children's Occupational Therapy Team delivering specialist advice to clients and carers, education settings, housing department and other professionals in relation to disability and housing needs for children and young people with disabilities. Using the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) as a framework the Children's Occupational Therapy service believes in using a top down, client-centred approach to address the meaningful occupations of the child or young person.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a clinical caseload. This involves assessment, advising, planning, delivering and evaluating treatment for a wide range of children and young people in a range of settings. You will receive supervision and support from the Occupational Therapy team.

Our team provide an effective system of support and supervision, which may include 1:1, pair or group supervision, as well as participation with clinical networks, mentoring and other clinical learning opportunities. We offer excellent supervision, peer review and support for on-going professional development offering regular CPD sessions. The team have active links to the Children and Young People's Specialist section (CYPF).

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for New to registration Nurses Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date

Person Specification

Qualifications

HCPC registration
Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
Evidence of CPD

Knowledge & Experience

Knowledge of a wide range of Occupational Therapy treatment techniques
Some knowledge of the appropriate legislation relating to children
Some knowledge of current NHS trends which influence service provision
Some knowledge of a wide range or currently available specialist paediatric equipment
Good verbal and written communication skills
IT skills including word processing, e-mail and publisher skills
Ability to work as part of a team
Organisational skills demonstrated for example by the involvement in a particular project

Person Circumstances