Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand

Bromley Healthcare CIC; Bromley; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension schemes

Discounted gym memberships

Cycle-to-work scheme

Home furnishings and electronics

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

High street retailer discounts

Blue Light Card eligibility

Low-interest personal loans

Lease car scheme

Job summary

Bromley Healthcare CIC is seeking a Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist to join the Experts at Hand model in Bromley. You will work in a multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based OT within a tiered Universal–Targeted–Specialist framework, with a focus on schools and early years.

You will autonomously manage a paediatric caseload, collaborate with teachers and SENDCOs, and contribute to SEND transformation across educational settings.

Qualifications

• Autonomously manage a defined paediatric OT caseload using evidence‑based practice and outcome measures.
• Provide coaching and modelling to education partners to enhance capacity in the educational context.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and develop OT treatment plans for children in context.
• Deliver targeted interventions and programmes within school settings.
• Collaborate with teachers, SENDCOs and families to improve functional participation.
• Provide group interventions, workshops or OT surgeries as needed.
• Support and evaluate progress using standardised and non‑standardised tools.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Caseload management

Clinical reasoning

Job description

Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand

£45,953 - £54,254 Inc HCAS Per annum pro rata

Perm - 37.5 hrs per week

This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join Bromley’s evolving Experts at Hand (EaH) model and play a central part in the borough’s SEND transformation. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team working to strengthen early identification, targeted intervention and inclusive practice across education and early years settings. As a School‑Based OT, you will help shape a new, prevention‑led offer that brings specialist expertise closer to classrooms, families and school communities. You will deliver evidence‑based occupational therapy within a tiered Universal–Targeted–Targeted+–Specialist framework, providing coaching, consultation and modelling of OT strategies in real school environments. Day‑to‑day practice includes supporting whole‑school approaches, delivering targeted interventions, implementing therapy programmes, and collaborating with teachers, SENDCOs and families to improve functional outcomes for children and young people. You will hold a targeted+ and specialist caseload, completing assessment and intervention in context for children with occupational performance needs and functional difficulties.

• To work autonomously and without direct supervision in a defined clinical area, recognising professional boundaries and seeking guidance where necessary, but having accountability for own clinical actions.
• To be responsible for a clinical caseload of paediatric occupational therapy including assessment, interpretation of assessment results, evaluation, treatment, and advice, through the use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
• To work with education partners using evidence‑based approaches such as coaching, modelling and guiding to enhance capacity in the educational context and support children’s functional participation as part of the OT offer.
• To provide support and training to educational partners via modelling and setting up of group interventions, workshops, or OT surgeries when needed as part of the OT offer.
• To carry out assessments and evaluate the child’s occupational performance in context. This may include the use of standardised and non-standardised assessments, observation, interview with parent or carer and/or parent and teacher questionnaires.
• To develop, plan and implement specialist Occupational Therapy treatment programmes and strategies to enhance the child’s ability to perform everyday activities and participate in multiple environments. This could include verbal and written advice/ recommendations, written advice sheets, individual treatment and/or group therapy.

We are committed to supporting your development. You’ll have access to supervision and opportunities to expand your clinical skills within a nurturing and dynamic service.

Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.

Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.

We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lindsay Pyne Job title: Head of Community AHP Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07546653911