Senior Occupational Therapist – Children's Services

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist for our client to join a Children's Occupational Therapy Service in Blackburn on an initial 3-month locum contract, with potential for extension.

You will support children and young people aged 0–19 with complex disabilities and additional needs, helping them maximise independence and participation at home and in educational settings. 

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Assess children and young people with complex physical disabilities, medical needs, autism and neurodiverse conditions.
• Conduct home and school visits to assess functional abilities and environmental barriers.
• Recommend specialist equipment and adaptations to support daily living, postural management and accessibility.
• Complete moving and handling assessments and develop safe handling plans.
• Assess for major and minor home adaptations, including Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) applications.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools, health professionals, social care teams, surveyors and housing departments.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, meetings and care planning.
• Prepare professional assessments, recommendations and reports.
• Provide guidance and support to junior colleagues where required.

Contract Details: 

• Rate: £36 per hour
• Banding: Band 6/7
• Contract: 3 months, with potential to extend
• Service: Children's Occupational Therapy

Note: Know a Children's OT who might be interested? Get in touch to ask about our referral bonus. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration.
• Significant post-registration experience within children's Occupational Therapy.
• Experience supporting children with physical disabilities, autism and neurodiverse conditions.
• Knowledge of specialist equipment, moving and handling and housing adaptations.
• Understanding of the Disabled Facilities Grant process and relevant legislation.
• Excellent communication, organisational and report-writing skills.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use. 

Why Liquid Personnel? 

• Free DBS and compliance service 
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly 
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies 
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal 
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge 
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK 
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* 
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us * 

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes. 

Reasonable Adjustments: 

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. 

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