Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

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We are seeking a compassionate, innovative, and enthusiastic Band 6 Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist to join our ‘Outstanding’ community Children’s and Young People’s Specialist services. You would be joining a friendly and supportive highly specialist multidisciplinary team and would contribute to the development of AHP provision within our Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service – LD CAMHS (Starfish).

The post is 30 hours per week and will working across Norfolk, including King’s Lynn, Great Yarmouth, and Norwich. Base is negotiable and flexible working is supported and includes agile/home working where relevant.

LD CAMHS therapeutic (Starfish) offers assessment and intervention for young people of school age (4-18 years) with a diagnosed learning disability who are experiencing significant mental health difficulties. 

LD CAMHS covers a large geographical area, so it is essential that you can drive and have access to a vehicle when pool cars are not available. 

• To provide Specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and advice for Children & Young People with learning disabilities, mental heatlh, behavioural and physical needs.

• To work within a multidisciplinary team to assess needs, develop, implement and review individual therapy programmes, adapting interventions required.

• To communicate senstively with children, families and carers, including complex diagnostic and prognostic information.

• To maintain accuate electronic patient records and contribute to care planning.

• To support parent education and staff training, supervise students, and promote evidence-based practice.

• To maintain professional registration and continuing professional development.

Find out more about working for our organisation here: 

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Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role, including the key responsibilities, requirements, and essential criteria.

This advert closes on Friday 20 Nov 2026