Children's Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 848-BHC-069-26
Site Phoenix Children's Centre Town Bromley Salary £53,751 - £60,651 Inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 15/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/04/2026
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
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Job overview
Band 7 Children's Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead
Full‑time hours 37.5 per week
£53,751 - £60,651 Inclusive of HCAS
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our Children’s Occupational Therapy team.
The Children’s Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead will work as part of a team that provides a high standard occupational therapy service to children up to 18 years of age with difficulties in play, self‑care and/or school occupations due to a variety of conditions.
The post holder will be the OT Lead for Education and Health Care (EHC) assessments, with responsibility for completing assessments, providing reports and attending EHC panels along with oversight and quality assurance of EHC assessment provision across the service.
The post holder will develop, plan and provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, interventions and advice for children with functional difficulties, working closely with the multidisciplinary team, wider CYP service, school staff and families/carers. The postholder will work autonomously, seeing children in a variety of community healthcare and educational settings, including clients’ homes, clinics, schools and nurseries.
The Children’s Occupational Therapist and EHC Lead will line manage a small team, including recruitment and retention, and deliver specialist training and advice to multi‑disciplinary colleagues and students.
Interviews to be held on 2nd April 2026
Main duties of the job
Provide Education, Health and Care plan (EHC) assessments, reports and reviews, and oversee and quality assure the EHC assessment provision within the service, including reports and assessments by other team members; in all cases ensure adherence to local, national and professional guidelines and practice.
Exercise specialist understanding in complex cases, supporting multi‑disciplinary colleagues and working closely with the SEN Team. This will include offering specialist testimony regarding OT provision e.g. at panels, appeals and tribunals.
Maintain a specialist knowledge of the EHC process and associated legislation, keeping up to date with SEND local offers, developments and good practice; share and disseminate learning and promote quality improvement.
Manage a complex clinical caseload, using evidence‑based practice and client‑centred care, undertaking assessment, interpretation of assessment results, evaluation, meaningful goals, treatment, and advice.
Carry out assessments and evaluate the child’s occupational performance, for example, through the use of standardised and non‑standardised assessments, observation, interview with parent or carer and/or parent and teacher questionnaires.
Working for our organisation
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle‑to‑work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low‑interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide Education, Health and Care plan (EHC) assessments, reports and reviews, and oversee and quality assure the EHC assessment provision within the service, including reports and assessments by other team members; in all cases ensure adherence to local, national and professional guidelines and practice.
Exercise specialist understanding in complex cases, supporting multi‑disciplinary colleagues and working closely with the SEN Team. This will include offering specialist testimony regarding OT provision e.g. at panels, appeals and tribunals.
Maintain a specialist knowledge of the EHC process and associated legislation, keeping up to date with SEND local offers, developments and good practice; share and disseminate learning and promote quality improvement.
Manage a complex clinical caseload, using evidence‑based practice and client‑centred care, undertaking assessment, interpretation of assessment results, evaluation, meaningful goals, treatment, and advice.
Carry out assessments and evaluate the child’s occupational performance, for example, through the use of standardised and non‑standardised assessments, observation, interview with parent or carer and/or parent and teacher questionnaires.
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Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to diploma or degree level in Occupational Therapy or equivalent training/study
Professional Registration
* HCPC registration
Training
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development, including post registration training/qualifications in relevant specialist areas e.g. sensory integration levels 1 and 2, CO-OP approach, neurodevelopment and complex needs
* Post registration training/qualification in leadership and management, or equivalent experience.
* Comprehensive training in assessment and treatment of children with complex functional needs
* Up to date Moving & Handling training.
* Field Work Educator Course, or equivalent training/experience.
* Training specific to EHC process, including report writing and giving evidence at tribunals/hearings
Specific Skills
* Ability to autonomously manage a complex caseload within a community paediatric setting.
* Significant, current and relevant clinical skills – either developed in children’s OT or transferable – demonstrating evidence informed practice with an occupation‑based focus.
* Excellent working knowledge of child development and varying conditions and the implication for Occupational Therapy.
* Ability to assess the need for, prescribe/recommend and advise on the use of specialist equipment.
* Ability to assess and analyse a child’s functional abilities using standardised and non‑standardised methods, in line with best practice.
* Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to empower others in practice and a sound understanding of accountability, delegation and escalation in a clinical setting.
* Excellent written communication skills, including: • detailed reports and contemporaneous note taking • the ability to record and convey actions, decisions, recommendations, etc, accurately, succinctly and within timelines
Experience
* Significant post registration experience within paediatrics
* Experience of working in a community setting.
* Experience of complex caseload management.
* interventions - including moving and handling and specialist equipment use - for children with a range of difficulties e.g. physical disabilities, multiple and complex conditions, displaying, challenging behaviour, coordination or sensory processing difficulties
* Significant experience in the assessment and provision of EHC reports.
* Excellent understanding of the SEND Code of Practice, EHC plans and related legislation.
* Established knowledge of national policies, procedures and legislation relevant to Children’s OT, including safeguarding.
* Experience of leadership and management, including appraisal and performance/absence management.
* Experience of attending EHC panels.
* Experience in providing specialist OT school provision
* Experience of leading policy and/or service development
Information Technology and Information Governance
* Solid IT skills, including use of mobile phone, laptop etc and programmes for service delivery and line management e.g. Microsoft office, internet, email
* Knowledge and experience of using electronic patient/clinical systems, including ordering clinical equipment.
* Experience of electronic diaries and/or rosters
* Experience of using EMIS
* Experience of using eRoster
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel .
Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
* Compressed hours
* Part‑time
* Job shares
We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six‑month probationary period.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co‑owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Sheena Kirk Job title Service Lead for Children's Occupational Therapy Email address bromh.cypqueries@nhs.net Telephone number 0300 330 5777
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