Specialist Children’s Community Occupational Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for a passionate Occupational Therapist to deliver high-quality services to children aged 0-19. This permanent Band 6 position entails working across various community sites, focusing on assessment and therapy for children with developmental conditions. Candidates should have a degree in Occupational Therapy and be skilled in complex case management. The role offers a supportive management structure and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children aged 0-19 across various conditions.
• Ability to work independently in community settings.
• Utilization of the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-e).

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced occupational therapy services to pediatric patients.
• Manage a caseload with a range of developmental difficulties.
• Work independently across various community locations.

Skills

Advanced occupational therapy assessment and treatment

Complex case management

Supervisory and leadership skills

Community work with children

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high quality Occupational Therapy services to children? If the answer is “yes” then this may be the job opportunity for you.

Evelina Community Occupational Therapy have the opportunity to recruit to a permanent Band 6 posts for 37.5 hours.

The Evelina Community Children’s Occupational Therapy Service is an integral part of specialist services that provides care to the population of Lambeth and Southwark. Southwark and Lambeth are multicultural and vibrant inner South London boroughs. The service is dynamic and works closely with multidisciplinary and multi agency colleagues.

Interviews will take place week commencing 12th January 2026.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work across our community sites with Evelina Community OT team based at Sunshine House Child Development Centre in Camberwell, Southwark and Mary Sheridan Child development Centre, Kennington, Lambeth.

You will have the opportunity to see children 0-19 across a range of conditions such as complex physical disabilities, Autism, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), and deliver blocks of assessment and therapy intervention within the service model.

Within our service we use the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-e) to guide our clinical reasoning and practice- keeping a clear focus on occupational outcomes.

Our professional offer to you

• Develop your community children occupational therapy skills, e.g. assess and treat children with a range of developmental conditions within the child’s home and community settings such as nursery and school
• Develop your skills in complex case management of children and families
• Develop your skills in Participation, Environment and Occupation and its application when assessing need and working with families and carers
• Develop supervisory, leadership and service development skills
• Develop your skills in service development

The Occupational Therapy service has a supportive and progressive management structure with departmental objectives founded upon the principles of the clinical governance framework and trust core values. The trust is committed to continuing the professional development of its workforce and the department has structured in-service training supported by personal and professional development plans and yearly appraisals.

Please see the attached Job Description detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Responsibilities

• To provide an advanced standard of occupational therapy assessment, treatment, management and advice to paediatric patients aged 0-19, their families and carers within the community setting. The caseload consists of children with a wide range of development difficulties and/or disabilities, many of whom may have very complex or multiple pathologies.
• To work as a lone practitioner, unsupervised, and at times in conjunction with less senior team colleagues across a variety of locations within the community including patients homes, schools, clinics, to meet the needs of the individual child.

This advert closes on Friday 18 Dec 2026.