Occupational Therapist

Physiotherapy professionals are essential in rehabilitation, sports recovery, and patient mobility care. Explore the latest physiotherapy job opportunities below.

£37,602 –
£45,426 (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 Avon Park School, as well as supporting the OT
provision in the
area.

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
  opticians 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 £1,000 bonus every
  time

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

• 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

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?

At
Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. We’re committed
to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued
and that they truly belong.

As
a specialist provider of education and care for children and young
people with special educational needs, we understand the importance
of embracing individuality and championing difference- especially
when it comes to neurodiversity. We celebrate diverse perspectives,
lived experiences, and the unique strengths that each person brings
to our community.

We welcome
applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and
abilities. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer
and are committed to making our recruitment and workplace practices
inclusive and accessible. If you need any adjustments to support
you through the recruitment process or in the workplace, we’ll be
there every step of the way.

By
building a diverse and inclusive team, we’re better able to support
the children, young people and families we serve and ensure every
member of our team can thrive, grow, and be their authentic
self.

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