Occupational Therapist - Band 5

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension

Holiday entitlement

CPD opportunities

Job summary

The Rise Partnership Trust is seeking an occupational therapy professional to embed therapy into schools across North West London. The role involves working with a neurodiverse pupil population and collaborating with families, teaching staff and the wider support team.

We welcome TNQPs to apply. The successful candidate will join a committed therapy team in a multi-site role with strong induction, CPD and supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience working with neurodivergent population.
• Committed, friendly and enthusiastic team player.
• Reflective practitioner looking to develop SEND skills and clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Embed therapy provision into school settings across multiple sites.
• Collaborate with families, class teams and multi-agency support staff.
• Engage in robust induction, CPD and regular clinical supervision.

Skills

Neurodivergent experience

Team player

Reflective practitioner

Job description

The Rise Partnership Trust (RPT) is a growing trust, currently consisting of three (3) specialist educational settings: Manor School, The Avenue School and Wembley Manor. The trust caters for primary and secondary pupils and has a committed, well-established therapy team.

Our effective multi-disciplinary collaboration and embedding of therapy provision has been recognised as an ‘Area of Excellence’ by Challenge Partners. This was also highlighted in the recent Ofsted reports for Manor School and The Avenue School:

Teachers, support staff and the therapy team […] work collaboratively to devise a highly skilled approach to supporting pupils. Together, they ensure that pupils’ needs are fully identified and learning is suitably adapted to help them meet their targets. This enables pupils to achieve exceptionally well.’ (Manor School Ofsted report 2025)

‘The speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and inclusion team all work in unison with the teaching staff.’ ‘Parents […] said that the teachers and therapists are wonderful in supporting their children’s learning and development, and in supporting them as parents.’

(Avenue School Ofsted report 2023)

The Rise Partnership Trust offers:

• an established Therapy team (OTs and SaLTs) who are passionate about embedding therapy into the school setting


• the opportunity to work collaboratively with families, class teams as well as the wider multi-agency support team (e.g. Family Support Practitioner, Behaviour Analysts/Inclusion Practitioners and intervention specialists)


• a robust induction programme and rich CPD offer, including internal and external training as well as regular clinical supervision


• a varied caseload across 5 Key Stages (EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)


• well-resourced learning environments


• a competitive salary, pension and excellent holiday entitlement

The successful applicant will ideally:

• have experience working with a neurodivergent population


• be a committed, friendly, and enthusiastic team player


• be a reflective practitioner who is looking to build on their existing clinical skills and develop their specialism in a SEND setting

We welcome TNQPs to apply.

Please note that you will be required to work across multiple sites in North West London. This may include working at any of the locations listed below.

Base locations:

• Manor School (Kensal Rise & Kilburn)


• Manor School Early Years Centre


• The Avenue School


• Wembley Manor

For more information regarding the role please contact the Lead Occupational Therapist Brooke Steer: [e-mail]