Children’s Learning Disability Specialist Occupational Therapist
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The closing date is 07 May 2026
This is a community role, covering the Fylde and Wyre locality, so must be able to travel independently of public transport. There is also an expectation to travel to other localities if needed. We are looking for a highly motivated and a conscientious team player who has excellent communication and clinical skills, looking to support development of the OT role within the Children's community learning disability team.
The Children's Occupational Therapy Service within the learning disability service strives to provide forward-thinking high-quality services, working in partnership with other agencies. In addition to working with children and young people with learning disabilities, we work closely with their families. We have a strong commitment to health promotion through service development and training initiatives.
The post holder at band 6 level will be expected to provide comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions with an aim to support, maintain and/or restore occupational functioning.
Main duties of the job
The team is hoping to find an OT who is adaptable, highly motivated, with excellent communication skills and who is as passionate about working with young people with complex needs. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing Occupational Therapy assessments, evidence-based interventions and support to young people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.
Our work involves supporting families with sleep difficulties, self-care tasks, understanding their child's sensory needs and supporting engagement through meaningful activity. This may be through parent workshops or working directly with young people and their families. Through such an approach we are continually learning, developing and finding different ways of working, to meet the needs and wishes of the individuals we work with.
We are a multi-disciplinary team of LD nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, and nursery nurses. We provide specialist assessments to understand a young person's needs and work together to support these, including individual or group-based approaches.
We work Monday to Friday between the core hours of 9am until 5pm. The Occupational Therapy team works within locality teams across the Lancashire and South Cumbria area and teamwork with our MDTs is important to us! The role includes agile and office-based working and Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust offers flexible working opportunities to support staff well-being.
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration.
* Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy Evidence of CPD in relevant areas.
Knowledge
* Good knowledge of current best practice in within clinical area.
* Knowledge of health legislation and current practice, risk assessment and management.
* Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
Experience
* Application of the Occupational Therapy process and relevant evidence base.
* Emerging and or experience of occupational formulation or formulating treatment plans.
* Multi-disciplinary working.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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