Specialist Occupational Therapist

Specialist Occupational Therapist

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

The closing date is 01 March 2026

We are seeking a compassionate, innovative, and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our 'Outstanding' community Children's and Young People’s Specialist services. You would be joining a friendly and supportive highly specialist multidisciplinary team and would contribute to the development of Allied Health Professional (AHP) provision within our Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Starfish).

The post is 28 hours per week and will work across Norfolk, including Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth, and Norwich. Base is negotiable and flexible working is supported and includes agile/home working where relevant. We will consider applications for 22.5 hours as a minimum.

The Starfish Team offers assessment and intervention for young people of school age (4‑18 years) with a diagnosed learning disability who are experiencing significant behavioural and/or mental health difficulties.

This is a secondment post for 12 months, please ensure you have line manager agreement before submitting an application. Please see below contact details if you have any queries or would like an informal discussion prior to application.

Your role will be varied and will include a range of assessment, formulation, and intervention. This will include direct and indirect work with the children and young people that we support, as well as their families and the professional networks involved in their care.

You will have extensive experience of working with children and young people, and either some skills and experience with learning disability or mental health, and be willing to develop skills in the other area. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills.

You will be passionate and enthusiastic in your approach to service delivery and committed to improving the lives of children and young people. You will manage a complex clinical caseload. You will be an excellent problem solver and be able to give advice and recommendations to families and other professionals alike.

You will be expected to use a range of assessment skills, interviews with parents and carers, and observations in a range of settings, to inform the assessment and diagnostic process as well as the planning and provision of interventions.

There will be opportunities to contribute to the supervision, teaching and training of other professionals within the team as well as students. All staff have regular clinical and managerial supervision.

• Provide specialised support and advice to young people with a diagnosed learning disability and additional mental health and behavioural difficulties and their family in Starfish.
• Support physical needs within the Childrens Community OT team.
• Work as part of the multi‑disciplinary team around the child.
• Undertake assessment and clinical interventions for children and young people.
• Assess and interpret patient presentation and use this information to inform treatment delivered.
• Assess, develop and implement occupational therapy programmes with children.
• Monitor and adapt treatment programmes as appropriate to the child.
• Maintain patient electronic records contemporaneously.
• Communicate condition‑related information, sensitive diagnostic and prognostic information to patients, carers & relatives, requiring empathy & reassurance.
• Be involved in planning and organising team training sessions and parent psycho‑education programmes as necessary.
• Supervise students as needed.
• Maintain CPD in line with HCPC requirements.
• Work within national codes of practice.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career in which we will support your career development and progression.

We would love to hear from candidates who have a passion for working with children and young people with learning disabilities. We…