Children's Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 08 April 2026
Children's Community Occupational Therapist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist to work within the Children's Therapy Team, supporting the core service. You will have some experience or a keen interest in working with children with complex physical needs and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills.
The Children's Occupational Therapy Service is countywide and provides a service to children in Lincolnshire. The team works in a range of settings including mainstream and special schools, nurseries, clinics and the child's own home.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to manage a clinical caseload including providing Occupational therapy management/care plans, risk assessments (for example moving and handling plans) advice and recommendations for appropriate equipment/aids and advice and recommendations for Education and other agencies. You will work closely with colleagues from other services and agencies including the Children's Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy services, the acute sector, Social Services and Education.
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full details of the main responsibilities of this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Current Registration with HCPC
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including relevant post graduate courses.
* Member of the RCOT
* Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
Skills
* Experience of working with children
* Experience of working in the community setting
* Working knowledge of Moving and Handling regulations.
Knowledge
* Relevant specialist knowledge, e.g. of trends/best practice, of appropriate assessment tools/treatment techniques
* Knowledge of processing of Education, Health and Care plans
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.
Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
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