Occupational Therapist (Online)

The Complete Education Solution (TCES) & Great Minds Therapy Services; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational and therapeutic provider in the UK is seeking a qualified Occupational Therapist to deliver innovative online therapy. You will work with vulnerable young people, employing specialist therapeutic methods to enhance their self-confidence and skills. The ideal candidate will have HCPC registration and experience working with complex mental health needs. The role includes collaboration with educational staff, providing personalized interventions, and contributing to a progressive therapeutic education environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and commission

Comprehensive CPD opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym & Active Health discounts

Qualifications

• Champion for therapeutic support with strong values.
• Robust and capable of modeling outstanding professionalism.
• Experience with vulnerable young people and complex mental health needs.
• Capacity to deliver specialized online therapy.
• Proficient in digital technology and IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative online therapy to support vulnerable young people.
• Collaborate with educational and pastoral staff effectively.
• Develop tailored interventions for neurodiverse pupils.

Skills

Therapeutic support advocacy

Behavioral resilience

Online session planning

Digital proficiency

Creativity and innovation

Attention to detail

Proactivity

Education

HCPC registration

Recognized Occupational Therapy degree

Job description

We are seeking a qualified and HCPC registered Occupational Therapist to join our growing online therapeutic provision in partnership with our Great Minds Therapy Services offer.

You will be a creative and innovative OT who is able to build self-confidence and skills in highly vulnerable young people through specialist online therapy practice.

The Great Minds Therapy offer provides expert support anywhere in the country in a progressive digital environment. You will collaborate with National Online School & TCES educational and pastoral staff, to ensure the effective delivery of therapeutic education, bespoke interventions and unique learning opportunities for neurodiverse pupils who have a range of complex needs.

TCES National Online School (NOS), the first – and only –Department for Education accredited online special school, is a growing service provider across the UK, engaging with young learners virtually. These young people have lengthy gaps from formal education for a variety of reasons, with the majority displaying Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA).

This is a very exciting time in the development of therapy provisions and online school, recently dominated for several industry leading awards, including TES and NASEN Specialist Provision of the Year.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• Achampion of therapeutic support and advocate for young people, with similarvalues to ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other!
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstandingprofessionality.
• HoldHCPC registration with a recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification and further professional development accreditations.
• Substantialdemonstrableexperience in successfully working with vulnerable young people, those with complex mental health needs and/or those with challenging behaviours.
• The ability toplan and coordinate sessions online, proficient in delivering interventions to support pupils to progress with complex sensoryand occupational processing needs through universal and intensive therapeutic offers.
• Proficient digital skills, including a good understanding of IT systems and the ability to use them effectively as a member of an online school.
• Creative and innovative, whilst maintaining principles ofclinical governance.
• Organised with attention to detail.
• Proactive andinnovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES)

TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education.

TCES pupils learn at one of our two main schools, at our Nurture Primary school, through our Create in the Community service or within our National Online School; our Create services support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic therapeutic education programmes developed for each pupil focusing on development milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main school, our Sixth Form, or into mainstream provisions. In addition, Great Minds Therapy and Training Services provide 360 therapy provision as well as levels of therapeutic education training and CPD.

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary & commission, and terms and conditions.
• An opportunity to join a leading provider of specialist education in one of the most rewarding sectors whilst directly contributing to the positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Comprehensive induction process, and excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development. Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.
• Gym & Active Health discounts.

To apply:

Please apply by completing an application form online. Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a formal application form as per safer recruitment practices in Education.

TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

The Complete Education Solution is an equal opportunity employer.