Occupational Therapist - Full-time/Part-time

Rivermead Inclusive Trust

• Ref:KCC-F80-69-S
• Posted:02/02/2026
• Pay:TBC depending on experience + SEN Allowance
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:16/02/2026 at 12:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Hours: Full time/ Part-Time/ Flexible

Location: All Schools within Rivermead Inclusive Trust and schools across Medway and Kent as part of Rivermead Solutions traded services.

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

We are seeking to appoint a school based Occupational Therapist, to work as part of our multi-disciplinary Therapy Team across the Rivermead Inclusive Trust and Rivermead Solutions.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of our Trust Inclusion Improvement Lead, Head of Therapy, 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
• Attend our traded schools to assess children

You should be enthusiastic and motivated and able to manage your own workload. You must be flexible, approachable and able to communicate with a range of professionals, parents and the young people themselves. You should have some experience of working with children and young people with Autism and/or other Special Educational Needs.

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.

Please note that being observed interacting with our learners will form part of our interview process.

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.

We reserve the right to shortlist and interview earlier than the stated closing date should an appropriate application be received.

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 i.e. 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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Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job Description
• Equality and Diversity Statement