Job Title: Paediatric Occupational Therapist Band: Band 7 Location : Tonbridge, Kent Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week Rate : Competitive, to be discussed upon application Pulse Healthcare is currently seeking a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our client's team in Tonbridge, Kent. This vacancy is available on a locum basis for the successful candidate to start immediately for a short-term contract. What will your responsibilities be? Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children’s homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs. As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. Our Occupational Therapists work collaboratively within our schools and children’s homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children. Qualifications and Experiences: Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC Have experience and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer. Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people Benefits: We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get: Training: A full induction and on the job training Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time How to apply? If you are a dedicated Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career and make a positive impact in the field of mental health, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please submit your CV below. If you are registered with Pulse and recommend a friend to us, you can earn £300 per recommendation, once they have worked over 200 hours*. Why work with Pulse? From the moment you register with us, our focus is entirely on you. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out. Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else. We always prioritise your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource. 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.