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Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 28 September 2025

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Job summary

Cornwall Councils Disabled Children and Therapy Team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapist Team Lead to join our supportive and passionate service. This is an exciting opportunity to shape practice and deliver high-quality occupational therapy that makes a real difference to the lives of disabled children, young people, and their families.

Main duties of the job

As the Team Lead, you will be expected to:

  • Provide leadership and professional supervision to a team of occupational therapists.
  • Work collaboratively with social care colleagues, health professionals, education staff, and voluntary agencies to support children and young people with complex needs.
  • Carry a small caseload of children with the most complex needs, with a focus on clinical expertise in housing adaptations, specialist equipment, and promoting independence.
  • Contribute to service development, ensuring our practice remains innovative, child-centred, and evidence-based.
  • Support and develop staff through supervision and training.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

About us

Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

F0021-700003339

Job locations

New County Hall

Treyew Road

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 3AY


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Disabled Children and Therapy Team is a community based service made up of OTs, Social Workers, Disabled Children's Family Workers, Portage workers and Supporting Change in Partnership (SCIP) workers. They all assess children at home, in school and in their short break settings. The OTs will make recommendations for equipment and adaptations in these settings that allow them to achieve their full potential in independence and daily living skills.

This is a part time post working 26.25 hours per week. There is some flexibility on these hours but to ensure there is team lead cover throughout the week we are preferably looking for someone to work the end of the week.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Disabled Children and Therapy Team is a community based service made up of OTs, Social Workers, Disabled Children's Family Workers, Portage workers and Supporting Change in Partnership (SCIP) workers. They all assess children at home, in school and in their short break settings. The OTs will make recommendations for equipment and adaptations in these settings that allow them to achieve their full potential in independence and daily living skills.

This is a part time post working 26.25 hours per week. There is some flexibility on these hours but to ensure there is team lead cover throughout the week we are preferably looking for someone to work the end of the week.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist
  • Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Bachelors or Masters
  • Degree in Occupational Therapy recognised by the HCPC for
  • the purposes of registration in the UK.
  • Registered with Health & Care Professions Council

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience working in an Occupational Therapy
  • community or clinical setting at Band 6 level.
  • A high level of specific professional expertise in Occupational
  • Therapy, including knowledge of conditions, treatment, and best
  • practise for children and young people.
  • Ability to carry out risk assessments.
  • & More detailed in the role profile.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist
  • Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Bachelors or Masters
  • Degree in Occupational Therapy recognised by the HCPC for
  • the purposes of registration in the UK.
  • Registered with Health & Care Professions Council

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience working in an Occupational Therapy
  • community or clinical setting at Band 6 level.
  • A high level of specific professional expertise in Occupational
  • Therapy, including knowledge of conditions, treatment, and best
  • practise for children and young people.
  • Ability to carry out risk assessments.
  • & More detailed in the role profile.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cornwall Council

Address

New County Hall

Treyew Road

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 3AY


Employer's website

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cornwall Council

Address

New County Hall

Treyew Road

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 3AY


Employer's website

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Development OT Lead Fieldworker

Andrew Berriman

andrew.berriman@cornwall.gov.uk

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

F0021-700003339

Job locations

New County Hall

Treyew Road

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 3AY


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