Occupational Therapist

Witherslackgroup; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's support organization in Greater London is seeking a qualified Occupational Therapist to provide therapeutic interventions for children with complex needs. You will support both educational and residential teams, ensuring clinically informed living environments. The position includes a robust salary and benefits package, opportunities for clinical development, and a valuable work environment dedicated to improving the lives of young people. Join us to make a difference in their futures.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Clinical development program

Wellbeing tools

High-street discounts

Recommend a friend scheme

Medical cover

Qualifications

• Experience delivering therapeutic interventions for children with complex needs.
• Ability to support teams around a child or young person.
• Engaging and effective model, guide, leader, and trainer.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues.
• Provide individualized interventions based on clinical assessment.
• Consult, train, and guide teams around children.

Skills

Delivering therapeutic interventions

Supporting teams

Organization

Engaging communication

Education

Qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC

Job description

Overview

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 Lavender Lodge School, 3 days per week.

Lavender Lodge school resides within an 18th Century building in the heart of Mitcham. Our pupils come from many different boroughs to attend our school and are lucky to experience ‘a life changing love of learning.’ We are proud of our pupils and our dedicated team and pupils leave us with a sense of achievement. We were recently recognised as Good by Ofsted.

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.

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 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 here

Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an optician or dentist appointment and a host of high‑street discounts

Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here

A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

Qualifications and experience

Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC.
Have experience 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.

Benefits

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.

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.

To join us

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.