Occupational Therapist

36,507 - 44,103 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefitsThose Huge Small VictoriesOur 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 inThis role is based at Avon Park School.The transformational effect of Avon Park School is consistently witnessed by parents, carers and professionals alike. The schools ability to connect and engage with pupils is a result of its strong ethos of high expectations and aspirations for every child and recently achieved an Outstanding rating by Ofsted.Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and childrens homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise andbreadth 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 childrens 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 youWe know youre 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, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:Training: A full induction and on the job trainingHoliday: Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidaysClinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and developmentFlexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefitshereWellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistanceMedical 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 schoolshereA recommend a friend scheme that offers a 1,000 bonus every timeBring your whole self to workOur 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 were looking for will:Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPCHave experience and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needsNeed experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiencesBe a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader andtrainer.Be highly organised and ready to take the initiativeBe committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young peopleThis 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 thesupport, resource and platform for you to do great things. Youll 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 environmentthat 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.For a full job description and person specification, please click here.To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

Created: 2025-07-17