Occupational Therapist

£37,602 - £45,426 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits    Those Huge Small Victories   Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.
Get out what you put in    This role is based at The Secret Garden School, across the secondary site.
The Secret Garden School is an independent, specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in North Warwickshire, the school meets the needs of pupils with special educational needs including ADHD, autism, speech, language & communication difficulties and social & emotional difficulties.
Witherslack Group's therapeutic practice model focuses on the need for safety and connection, followed by relationships and connections and experiences and learning in order to provide our children with the platform to achieve. In this role you will be expected to be involved in embedding this model into The Secret Garden School and contributing to the development of the clinical service.
Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and childrens 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 childrens 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.
What we do for you   We know youre 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, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people  plus youll get:
Training : A full induction and on the job training

Holiday :  Youll work hard at WG, so youll 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

Bring your whole self to work   Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs  and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person were looking for will:
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

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.

Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. Youll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.
Interested in joining us?
At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. Were committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and that they truly belong.
As a specialist provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs, we understand the importance of embracing individuality and championing difference- especially when it comes to neurodiversity. We celebrate diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and the unique strengths that each person brings to our community.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and…