Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Specialist School
Location: Ormskirk
Setting: Independent Specialist School (Private Provider)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £44,103 per annum (Dependent on Experience)
Working Pattern: Full-time
Start Date: ASAP or notice dependent
Job Description:
Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with autism, SEMH, ADHD, and associated needs?
If so, Liquid Personnel is recruiting a permanent Occupational Therapist to join a specialist school in Ormskirk.
This is a rewarding opportunity to work in a therapeutic, education-focused environment where your clinical expertise will empower pupils to thrive both in and beyond the classroom.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Deliver high-quality, evidence-based OT interventions
2. Assess and support pupils with sensory, motor, and functional needs
3. Develop and implement individual therapy plans
4. Collaborate with education and care teams to embed therapeutic strategies
5. Contribute to EHCPs and attend review meetings
6. Promote independence and participation in school life
Requirements:
7. Degree in Occupational Therapy
8. HCPC registration
9. Experience working with children or young people with SEN
10. Knowledge of sensory integration and functional assessments
11. Strong communication and teamwork skills
12. Commitment to safeguarding and therapeutic best practice
Benefits:
13. Salary up to £44,103 DOE
14. Supportive clinical supervision and CPD opportunities
15. Collaborative working within a well-resourced school
16. Long-term career development in a specialist setting
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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