Senior Occupational Therapist

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£51,209

• £59,135 (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 Greenholm

School.

Having

joined Witherslack Group in 2022, Greenholm School is an

independent, specialist day school providing high quality education

based in South West London. The school meets the needs of pupils

with autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language

difficulties, sensory issues and associated behavioural

difficulties – and was recently rated Good by

Ofsted.

Our

clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND.

Across all of our specialist schools and children’s 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 Senior

Occupational Therapists work collaboratively within our schools and

children’s 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

you’re 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, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the

lives of our young people – plus you’ll

get : Training :

A full induction and on the job

training

Holiday :

You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll 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 

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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 –

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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 we’re looking for

will : Be a

qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the

HCPC

Be a specialist 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

Be a member of a

multi-disciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and

supported in your CPD

Have

lengthy sector experience and a background in team supervision are

all vital

Be a car driver,

as there’s some travel

involved

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. You’ll benefit

from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a

220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical

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colleagues who will be with you every step of the

way.

Interested in

joining us?

Our

young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same

about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a

purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be

yourself.

The

Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the

welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced

DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an

equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all

sections of the

community.

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Special

Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education /

Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD