Occupational Therapist (Online)

TCES National Online School, Wimbledon, SW19 4EE

16 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  18 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £44,101.00 - £49,447.00 Annually (Actual) Equivalent to NHS Band 6

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 provision to a paediatric caseload, with pupils (aged 7-19) 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.

You will provide occupational assessments and interventions remotely to children and young people who access their learning hours through our online provision. Our Occupational Therapists, as part of the online multi-discipline therapy team, support staff to deliver a therapeutic learning environment for all pupils. Additionally our therapists hold a caseload of children with significant trauma and adverse childhood experience who require a more specific, bespoke, and at times intensive, input. To ensure a consistent therapeutic practice across the provision, you will work closely with the online teaching and inclusion teams to meet the needs of the young people they work with and support them to engage in learning; this can include providing advice on moderating the online learning environment, as well as scaffolding a therapeutic understanding & culture through training, workshops and general promotion of therapeutic practice to all staff.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• A champion of therapeutic support and advocate for young people, with similar values to ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other!
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding professionalism.
• Hold HCPC registration with a recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification and further professional development accreditations.
• Substantial demonstrable experience in successfully working with vulnerable young people, those with complex mental health needs and/or those with challenging behaviours.
• The ability to plan and coordinate sessions online, proficient with communication and supporting sensory progress for pupils through universal and intensive therapeutic offers.
• Proficient digital skills, including a good understanding of IT systems and the ability to use them effectively as a member of an online school.
• Creative and innovative, whilst maintaining principles of clinical governance.
• Organised with attention to detail.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

In return we offer:

• An opportunity to join a leading, accredited provider of online specialist education, directly contributing to the positive outcomes for pupils.
• Competitive terms and conditions, with the opportunity to deliver clinical provision outside of TCES schools, as well as support train staff and parents in therapeutic principles through Great Minds Therapy and Training Services.
• Continuing Professional Development: paid comprehensive training for all staff.
• Remote working: staff can engage with a young person or class from anywhere in the UK.
• IT equipment: Chromebooks and mobiles supplied as well as technical support where necessary.

TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

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.

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.

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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: All through school
• 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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