Occupational Therapist - Children with Disabilities

Our client Tameside metropolitan borough council is looking for an Occupational Therapist to join their Children with Disabilities team.

This role sits within a dynamic Children with Disabilities (CWD) Team, supporting children and young people with complex needs to maximise their independence, safety and participation within their home environments and wider community. The postholder will deliver high quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions, with a strong focus on functional independence, safety, and improving outcomes for children and their families.

A key aspect of the role is undertaking specialist housing and environmental assessments, identifying the need for adaptations to enable children to access essential facilities within their homes. This includes working with families to understand their individual circumstances and ensuring that recommendations are person-centred, proportionate and aligned with best practice.

The Occupational Therapist will work in close partnership with the Home Improvement Agency (HIA) to facilitate Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG), supporting families through what can often be a complex process. This includes providing professional recommendations to inform DFG applications, collaborating with HIA caseworkers and surveyors to design appropriate adaptations, and ensuring that proposed works meet the assessed needs of the child. The postholder will remain involved throughout the adaptation journey, from initial assessment through to completion, ensuring that outcomes are safe, effective and sustainable.

The role requires strong multi-agency working, with regular collaboration with social workers, health professionals, education settings and housing partners to ensure a coordinated and holistic approach to care planning. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, the ability to manage a varied caseload, and confidence in making clinical decisions in complex situations.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful and impactful work that directly improves the lives of children with disabilities and their families, while gaining valuable experience in specialist areas such as housing adaptations, accessibility, and partnership working across services.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

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Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.