Paediatric Band 6 Occupational Therapist - SEN

Paediatric Band 6 Occupational Therapist - SEN Central London Permanent Contract, September 2026 Start Full-time (term time only) £36,000 -£45,000 per annum, depending on experience Interviews are arranged ASAP At some point in your career, you made a decision about the kind of OT you wanted to be. Not the paperwork version. Not the one who gets fifteen minutes with a young person and then writes it up in a room on their own. The version that actually knows the students, knows how they move through the world, and has enough time and context to do something useful with that knowledge. That decision is worth revisiting. Because the setting you are in now may not be honouring it. This is a permanent Band 6 Occupational Therapist position at a well-established specialist school in central London, supporting students aged 11 to 19. Most hold an Education, Health and Care Plan. The clinical profile here is specific, and it is worth understanding properly before you apply. The student body is largely higher-functioning, which means the needs are often less visible but no less complex. You will be working with young people whose ASC presentation is frequently masked. Whose ADHD is layered with anxiety. Whose DCD affects not just their motor skills but their sense of themselves in a school environment that has, for most of their lives, expected things from them that their bodies and nervous systems could not reliably deliver. Sensory processing difficulties are central to ..... full job details .....