Occupational Therapist

Job introduction

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Job title: Occupational Therapist

A bit about us:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

The Role:

• An exciting opportunity has arisen within Liverpool Children and Young People’s Services as we integrate our SEND and Alternative Provision services, enabling a holistic understanding of and response to children and young people’s needs
• As an Occupational Therapist, you will play an integral part in the team by providing advice and support on how occupational therapy, in particular sensory processing and motor-coordination, relates to pupil behaviour and occupational performance
• As an Occupational Therapist, you will give specific occupational therapy recommendations and strategies at both whole school and pupil specific level that will support emotional regulation and positive engagement, helping to reduce incidents of challenging behaviour and the number of suspensions and exclusions. You will promote sensory inclusive environments in schools and inclusive, trauma-informed approaches to behaviour
• As an Occupational Therapist and a key player in this service area, you will work with other specialists across the SEND Support Services. Reporting directly to the Behaviour Intervention Team Operational Lead, you will contribute significantly to our mission of providing quality education to every child and young person, irrespective of their background or challenges they may face and will work with other managers across the team to ensure effective planning and support is in place

This post is part time 21 hours per week (across three flexible days) and is fixed term for 12 months in order to carry out specific and additional specialist activities linked to targeted funding.

Our offer to you:

• Agile working (Role dependent) - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Medicash

Closing date: midnight on Monday 25 August 2025
Shortlisting date: W/C Monday 25 August 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 3 September 2025
Interview format: face-to-face

We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Ceri Bennett at ceri.bennett@liverpool.gov.uk

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Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

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