Occupational Therapy Assistant

The Grove, London, N17 6AR

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,532.00 - £28,735.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 4 point 7 to 10 £30,288 to £31,611 pro rata - Actual £27532.96 to £28735.61

Occupational Therapy Assistant job summary

The postholder will support and complement the work of the occupational therapist. Duties will include carrying out observations of children, assisting the therapist in planning and implementing therapy, assisting the therapist with assessment, carrying out therapy programmes in groups or on 1:1 basis, modelling sessions to staff, training or assist with training, keeping accurate notes and carrying out administrative tasks such as preparing and making resources, printing, filing and resource auditing.

This post will require you to have some previous knowledge about theory and programmes that are typically used to support learners with autism.

You will be expected to work closely with the therapy team and be the central point of reference during the absence of the occupational therapist supporting all staff in their daily practice.

You will need to be a flexible worker and be able to work alongside people to support and develop their knowledge and skills. There is an expectation that you will be self motivated to deepen your knowledge on theory and practice so that you are able to carry out the duties successfully as described in the job description.

Please see attachments for more information. Closing date Friday 19th June at 9am.

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 The Grove

• School type: Free Schools, None, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 147 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Grove website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-grove-london

The Grove is a brand new special school for young people with autism, opened in September 2018. As our school moves into its second year, we transfer to our newly refurbished site near Turnpike Lane and expand our intake of pupils.

We are opening, in September, two new KS3 classes for 8 academically able autistic pupils. We will provide an alternative to mainstream education for these youngsters who, for many reasons, have not been successful in the mainstream setting.
This provision will expand to include KS2 and KS4 pupils reaching a capacity of 16-20 pupils over two years.

The school, which is currently based on a split site has 45 students on roll with complex autism across primary, secondary and post 16. The addition of a new department will create 4 distinct departments as we grow to full capacity of 104 by 2021, 88 of those places for young people with complex autism between the ages of 5-19 and 16 places for those who are academically able between the ages of 7-16.

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