Occupational Therapist Band 6

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Coventry is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for the Children's Intensive Support Team. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Occupational Therapy and experience with autism and sensory issues. This permanent role involves providing specialized assessments and interventions. The position offers support and development opportunities within a friendly multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS discount schemes

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Experience with clients with complex needs and communication issues.
• Capability to apply models of practice relevant to occupational therapy.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to children.
• Work autonomously with a complex caseload.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to health professionals and families.

Skills

Knowledge of autism

Understanding of sensory processing issues

Effective communication

Experience with complex needs

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Unrestricted registration with HPC

Job description

Occupational Therapist Band 6

Closing date: 12 October 2025

Coventry and Warwickshire Children's Intensive Support Team

Occupational Therapist

Band 6

30 hours

Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Children's Intensive Support Team. We are seeking an innovative and enthusiastic OT with working knowledge of people with autism and learning disabilities, including challenging behaviour and sensory processing issues. The service uses the Model of Human Occupation as a clinical model and an understanding of the model and standardised assessments used would be an advantage. The post holder will hold a complex caseload and be expected to work flexibly.

Come and join our friendly multidisciplinary team and build on your clinical skills and knowledge in the learning disabilities field. The post holder will be supported by an experienced band 7 OT. Both continuing professional development and life long learning is integral within the service.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to children with autism. To work with families, schools, social care and other relevant professionals.
• To work in collaboration with community and inpatient mental health services to prevent admission to tier 4 inpatient services.
• To be an autonomous practitioner, holding a clinical caseload and working without direct supervision.
• To deliver tailored occupational therapy assessments such as; functional and sensory assessments.
• To provide expert advice, signposting, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, clients, carers, relatives or other non-professional contacts.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We\'re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes to individual clients with complex needs referred to the multidisciplinary service.

To be an autonomous practitioner, holding a clinical caseload and working without direct supervision

To support less experienced staff and students and colleagues deliver the Trust contracted services

To provide expert advice, signposting, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, clients, carers, relatives or other non-professional contacts

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Unrestricted registration with Health Professions Council (HPC)

Experience

• Competence with clients with complex needs, communication issues and/or challenging behaviour
• Have experience of applying models of practice and frames of reference relevant to this post.
• Worked as part of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team
• Have sensory integration experience

Other

• Car Owner/ Driver.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust