Job Description
Children’s Occupational Therapist
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week.
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £39,513 rising to £42,708 per annum
Location: Clifton Cornerstone, Southchurch Drive, Clifton, Nottingham, NG118EW
Ready to Make a Real Difference? Join Our Team!
We’re on the lookout for passionate and driven Children’s Occupational Therapists to join our amazing team at Nottingham City Council. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a positive impact on children’s lives while developing your career, this could be exactly what you’ve been searching for!
At Nottingham City Council, we offer more than just a job – we offer a supportive environment where you’ll be encouraged to grow, innovate, and make a difference. With a competitive salary, generous leave, a fantastic pension scheme, and the flexibility of hybrid working, we want you to thrive in your role with us.
About The Role
We have a full-time (37 hours/week) opportunity available in our
Whole Life Disability Occupational Therapy Team, working with disabled children and young adults (0-19). You’ll be helping children gain independence and improve their quality of life through the provision of equipment and adaptations, while providing child and family centred assessments and developing tailored intervention plans.
As An Occupational Therapist Here, You’ll
- Conduct holistic, child and family centred assessments to identify needs and create tailored intervention plans.
- Work flexibly and creatively to implement culturally appropriate solutions.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver the best outcomes for those you support.
- Keep clear and evidence-based records of your work in line with our department standards.
- Contribute to child review meetings, safeguarding discussions, and work with a variety of partners.
- Have access to a Career Progression Pathway Framework which enables Occupational Therapists to progress up to level 4, without the requirement for vacancies to become available.
We offer additional training in areas like moving and handling, postural management, and designing environments for children with home safety, behavioural and sensory needs.
You’ll be joining a well-established, friendly, and supportive team that values collaboration and development. We offer monthly supervision, regular team meetings, twice annual team development days and plenty of opportunities for CPD, peer support and learning.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About You
We’re looking for someone who has:
- A Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy and is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Experience of working with children as an Occupational Therapist in a Local Authority setting.
- A solid understanding of the Social Model of Disability, equipment, and adaptations to promote independence.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, including safeguarding issues.
- A passion for making a difference and a commitment to delivering child-centred care.
- Great communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.
- The ability to work independently, manage your time, and stay organised.
Additional Requirements
This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
If you have any questions or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Liz Graham at 07834 106938 or email
[email protected] .
Closing Date: 11/6/25
Interviews will be held: 25/6/25
You can find the job description for this post
here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
