Senior Occupational Therapist

The Witherslack Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS paid

Training and development

School holiday pay

Benefits package

Job summary

The Witherslack Group is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary clinical team. Based at Greenholm School in South West London, you will support children with autism and complex needs, providing intervention plans and supervising others.

You’ll work alongside educational and residential staff to create therapeutic living and learning environments. HCPC registered OT with experience in paediatric neurodevelopment is preferred.

Qualifications

• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC.
• Experience delivering therapeutic interventions for children with complex needs.
• Experience supporting teams around a child to ensure clinically informed environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation and guidance to educational and residential teams.
• Develop and implement individualised interventions for pupils.
• Deliver workshops and training to staff to permeate therapeutic practice.

Skills

HCPC registered OT

Team supervision

Leadership and training

Therapeutic interventions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist

Application Deadline: 2026-10-20T00:00:00

Location: Sutton-cum-Lound, Midlands

Country: GB

Contract Type: Any

Employer: Witherslack Group

Closing Date: 2026-11-18T21:00:05.237

Salary: £52,926 - £61,094 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Greenholm School.

Greenholm School is an independent, specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in South West London, the school meets the needs of pupils with a primary diagnosis of autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language difficulties, sensory issues and associated behavioural difficulties.

Our Clinical Support

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

Role Overview

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Senior Occupational Therapists work collaboratively within our schools and children's homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you

We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays
• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools

Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we're looking for will:

• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC
• Be a specialist and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs
• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer
• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative
• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people
• Be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and supported in your CPD
• Have lengthy sector experience and a background in team supervision are all vital
• Be a car driver, as there's some travel involved

Why Join Us?

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.