Occupational Therapist (Online)

TCES National Online School, Wimbledon, SW19 4EE

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  7 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  27 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £44,101.00 - £49,447.00 Annually (Actual)

Occupational Therapist (Online) job summary

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Occupational Therapist to join our innovative National Online School. In this fully remote role, you will deliver therapeutic support to pupils across the UK who are unable to access mainstream education.

The TCES National Online School delivers therapeutic education virtually to pupils with complex co-morbid needs, including pupils with neurodiverse identities and emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) which present barriers to them accessing mainstream school-based education.

The purpose of this role is to provide occupational assessments and interventions remotely to children and young people who access their learning hours through our online provision. The Occupational Therapist, as part of the online therapy team, will support staff to deliver a therapeutic environment for all pupils. Additionally, the role will hold a caseload of children with significant trauma and adverse childhood experience who require a more specific and bespoke input. The Occupational Therapist will work closely with the online teaching team to meet the needs of the young people they work with and support them to engage in learning.

They advice on moderating the learning environment to support young people in reaching their full potential and on developing and implementing a therapeutic environment by building a therapeutic understanding & culture through training, workshops and general promotion of therapeutic practice to all staff.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About TCES National Online School

• School type: Online provider, ages 5 to 25
• Education phase: Through
• School size: No information available
• Age range: 5 to 25
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: TCES National Online School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tces-national-online-school

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