School-Based Band 6 Occupational Therapist
Central London
Permanent Contract
September 2026 Start
£36,000 -£45,000 per annum, depending on experience
*** Interviews are arranged ASAP ***
Most OTs working in schools know what good therapy looks like. The harder question is whether the setting actually lets them do it. If therapy in your current role gets squeezed out by timetable pressures, if you are writing notes in corridors, or if the people around you do not quite understand what you do or why it matters, that is not a personal failing. It is a structural one.
This role is different. Not because it claims to be, but because of how the school day is actually built.
This is a permanent Band 6 Occupational Therapist position at a well-established specialist school in central London, supporting students aged 11 to 19. The majority hold an Education, Health and Care Plan. Their needs span ASC, ADHD, sensory processing difficulties, DCD and dyspraxia, specific learning difficulties, and social communication needs. Anxiety runs through much of the day-to-day work.
Therapy here is not a separate room at the end of the corridor. OTs are in classrooms with teachers. They are on the playground at break time, watching how a student manages transitions. They are at lunch, evaluating whether the strategies planned on paper are actually working in practice. That is what "embedded" means in this setting. It means the OT sees the whole picture, not just the 40 minutes a week a student is pulled out for a session.
What the role involves:
- A caseload covering multiple classes, with full responsibility for therapy sessions, independence and communication groups, assessments, parental contact, IEP contributions, and annual review input
- Dedicated PPA time each week for planning and clinical documentation
- Regular joint planning sessions with caseload teachers each half term
- Standardised assessments at the start of the Autumn Term, with observational assessments throughout the year
- Clinical supervision on a regular basis, with internal line management supervision throughout the year
- Involvement in staff training, parent workshops, and whole-school events
What you will need:
- HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience working with young people with sensory processing difficulties, DCD, ASC, or related needs
- Confidence in standardised assessment and clinical documentation
- An ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- A genuine interest in the independence and long-term outcomes of the young people you support
Apply now or contact Heeji Moon at Parker Smith Inclusion.