Occupational Therapist – Nightingale Satellite

Nightingale Community Academy, London, SW17 7DF

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be confirmed

• Closing date

  23 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, 5 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: NHS Band 6 £44,684 to £52,990

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a highly organised and motivated Occupational Therapist to work collaboratively with teachers, leaders, learners and families to promote inclusion, engagement and access to learning. The role involves delivering evidence-based occupational therapy assessments and interventions, addressing barriers to learning, developing and implementing individualised therapy programmes, and monitoring progress and wellbeing. The post also contributes to whole-school inclusion and therapeutic strategies and upholds safeguarding and professional standards across all settings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention to support learners’ access to education, wellbeing and daily functioning
• Deliver targeted, evidence-based therapeutic interventions to address barriers to learning and participation
• Develop, implement and review individualised occupational therapy programmes and contribute to EHCP outcomes
• Work collaboratively with families, teaching staff and multi-disciplinary and external agencies
• Support teaching and learning through advice, training, planning, monitoring and feedback
• Uphold safeguarding, health, safety, professional standards and academy policies

Key Requirements:

• Degree in Occupational Therapy with HCPC registration (or eligibility to register)
• Experience working with children or young people with additional needs, including neurodevelopmental and behavioural difficulties
• Experience delivering individual and group-based occupational therapy interventions
• Knowledge and practical experience of therapeutic approaches, inclusion and safeguarding within an educational or clinical setting
• Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain)

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Home Electronics Scheme and Employee Car Lease Scheme)

• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme

• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)

• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Nightingale Community Academy and Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Occupational Therapist JD PS NCP.pdf - 231 KB (opens in new tab)

About Nightingale Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 137 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nightingale Community Academy website
• Email address: CBoateng@nightingaleca.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nightingale-community-academy

Nightingale Community Academy is a school for boys aged between 5 and 19 who have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of SEN for social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.

Some learners also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or other learning difficulties. At Nightingale Community Academy we are committed to raising the expectations of our learner group, removing barriers to learning and delivering attainment at the highest level.

“Since the start of the school in September 2016, the principal and his leadership team have shown a tireless determination to improve the education it offers. Their ‘no excuses’ approach means that nothing other than the highest quality of education is good enough”. (Ofsted February 2019) – (The full Ofsted Report, is now available on our website).

Nightingale Community Academy is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting learners’ needs, and promotes high quality professional development for all staff.

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