Childrens Occupational Therapist

Go back North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

The closing date is 11 October 2026

Are you an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist passionate about helping children and young people thrive through our Experts at Hand service?

Join Warrington Childrens Community Occupational Therapy Service in this 1.0 WTE role, helping educational settings identify needs earlyand provide inclusive support. Through consultation, coaching, modelling and targeted training, you will build staff confidence to support children at universal, targeted and targeted-plus levels. Working with families, education colleagues and partner agencies, you will reduce barriers to learning and participation and help children receive the right support at the right time.

You will join a supportive, collaborative team with approachable leadership that values wellbeing, work-life balance and professional growth. Regular clinical supervision, structured support and development opportunities willbuild your confidence and skills while enabling you to contribute to service improvement, clinical governance and shared learning.

If you are a motivated, reflective occupational therapist with strong clinical reasoning, communication and partnership-working skills,we would be delighted to welcome you.

Our values
Kind, Open, Fair and One Team
guideyour compassionate practice, open communication, commitment to equitable accessand collaborative work to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Provisional interview dates: 21st & 22nd October 2026

As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist within the Warrington Childrens Occupational Therapy Experts at Hand service, you will support schools to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to meet the occupational performance, participation and independence needs of children and young people.

With support and supervision from experienced colleagues,you will help develop and deliver engaging whole-school training, consultation and coaching. You will enable education staff to embed inclusive occupational therapy approaches and use appropriate, evidence-based strategies, while contributing to reflective practice and service development.

You will contribute to drop-in consultation sessions in Warrington schools, helping education staff to identify functional needs early,agree practical strategies and navigate appropriate pathways so children receive support at a universal, targeted or specialist level. Working collaboratively with education staff, families and partner agencies, you will promote inclusive environments and help embed effective approaches into everyday school routines.

You will support the evaluation and continuous improvement ofthe service by recording activity and outcomes, gathering feedback and using agreed performance information to demonstrate how the Experts at Hand model improves staff confidence, inclusive practice and outcomes for children and young people.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind:
  We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open:
  We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair:
  We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team:
  We work well together and with our communities

Job Purpose:

To hold responsibility for and organise own caseload, within delegated areas of the service, withon-going support from a more experienced Therapist.

To provide assessment,treatment and management of babies, children and adolescents who present with diverse physical, developmental, sensory and learning needs.

To work closely withthe multi-disciplinary team.

Duties and…