Occupational Therapist - Full-time/Part-time

Rivermead Inclusive Trust

• Ref:KCC-F80-57-S
• Posted:07/03/2025
• Pay:Up to £40,000.00 + SEN Allowance FTE DOE
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:28/03/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:TBA

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We are looking for a special person to take on an exciting opportunity.

Salary: up to £40,000 + SEN Allowance FTE DOE

Hours:  Full time/ Part-Time/ Flexible

Location: Medway and Kent            

Tel: 01634 961080.  Email: dstammers@r-i-t.org

We are seeking to appoint a qualified Occupational Therapist, to work as part of our multi-disciplinary Therapy Team across the Rivermead Inclusive Trust and Rivermead Solutions. Newly qualified will be considered.

This is an exciting opportunity that offers the chance to work with children and young adults across different settings from 2-18years. Creating opportunities to build upon clinical, management and professions skills and goals.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of our Trust Inclusion Improvement Lead, Occupational Therapists, Speech and language Therapists, Art Therapist, Councillors and Therapy Assistants.

Our special schools and mainstream schools have a high proportion of learners who require occupational therapy assessments and interventions, and we would like to appoint an additional Occupational Therapist who will be able to meet this demand.

The Post holder will:

• Work directly with young people, assessing needs and providing intervention

• Provide specialist training to other staff to develop whole school approaches to meet the physical needs in the classroom and throughout the school day

• Provide advice and guidance to parents, where appropriate training them to support their children at home

• Oversee the work of support staff working with the post-holder

• Work with the Rivermead Solutions team to provide traded services to schools outside of the trust.

Please note that the post-holder must be able to travel between trust schools so access to a car and being a confident driver will be essential.

We would like to welcome all applicants to visit one of our schools to look around and meet key staff.

You will receive:

• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Clinical Supervision
• Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

If you are interested in this position, please contact Deborah Stammers on the above email for an application pack and to arrange a visit.

Information about the federation

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

All postholders are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

Rivermead Inclusive Trust strives to be diverse and inclusive and a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We welcome applications from all diverse and ethnic groups.

If you require access arrangements to complete an application form please contact Rivermead Inclusive Trust who will cater to your needs ie. large print, coloured forms and an audio version.

If for any reason you have difficulty completing an application form please again contact the Rivermead Inclusive Trust who will support.

Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of an enhanced DBS check, Health Declaration and satisfactory references.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Trust Office
• Address:Long Catlis Road,
  Gillingham,
  Kent,
  ME8 9TX
• Telephone: 01634 961080
• Email: dstammers@r-i-t.org

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