Senior Occupational Therapist

All about the Role

Are you passionate about delivering person-centred care and collaborating as part of a team to support children and young people to thrive in their home environments?

Are you committed to continuous learning and making a positive difference?

Then this senior Children's Occupational Therapy position within social care could be the perfect opportunity for you! As a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Children's Occupational Therapy team, you'll play a vital role in supporting children and young people with complex health, social, and housing needs in the community. You'll use your specialist clinical expertise to carry out assessments, recommend tailored interventions, and provide both simple and complex equipment and adaptation solutions to maximise independence and safety.

You’ll manage a varied caseload of complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, drawing on advanced problem‑solving and reasoning skills. Working closely with families, carers, and multi‑disciplinary colleagues across health, housing, and social care, you’ll deliver a seamless, child‑centred service that supports meaningful outcomes.

In this role, you’ll also contribute to service development, provide guidance and supervision to junior staff, and act as a specialist resource within the team. Your expertise will help shape high‑quality practice across therapy services while ensuring safe, effective, and innovative ways of working.

This role offers the oppurtunity for you to manage your own diary, with no weekends or banks holidays. Working hours could be 8-4, 9-5 or 9.30-5.30.

This is a part time post of 22.5 hours, the salary quoted is based on 37 hours and will be pro rata accordingly.

This role is a rolling advert and may close prior to the advert closing date should we find a suitable applicant.

• Are you looking for a flexible job with opportunities for development?
• Would you thrive in an agile, supportive team environment?

Our therapy team is a dedicated and supportive group of professionals committed to providing exceptional service and support to our community.

We offer a collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development. Our team values continuous learning and provides access to ongoing training and education.

We are embracing new ways of working and innovation to ensure that we deliver the highest quality of support to the people of Peterborough. We are a small team doing big things and making a big impact.

You would be joining a well-established team where respect, team working and a supportive environment are key to a successful future.

We operate a flexible way of working over the week, you will manage your own diary and there is no weekend working. We are mostly agile and work from home, whilst using the office as an official work base.

Our wider Occupational Therapy service supports adults across areas such as moving and handling, adaptations, Technology Enabled Care, Learning Disability, and OT Duty triage. This post sits within our dedicated Children’s Occupational Therapy team, delivering assessment and intervention within the home environment.

• Are you a compassionate and proactive professional with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Occupational Therapy, registered with the HCPC?
• Do you have experience working independently and as part of a collaborative team?
• Can you bring strong communication and interpersonal skills to support children in social care?

You have significant experience working as a qualified Occupational Therapist, ideally within children's social care, and your robust communication and interpersonal skills enable you to operate effectively both autonomously and as part of a team. Your commitment to continuous…