Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Do you have a strong interest in working in sensory processing with children and young people, their families and schools? Do you want to be part of a pioneering service within Hertfordshire?

Hertfordshire Community Trust has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to support children and young people, their families and schools within the Sensory Processing Service.

We are looking for 0.6 WTE Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to bring skills and experience of working within the Sensory Processing Service. The successful candidate will also join our large and innovative team of therapists and assistance working within our community service.

• Proposed interview date: 6th November 2026*

HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.

You will work closely with the MDT to deliver universal, targeted and specialist support to children, young people and their families in a variety of settings

The Ideal Candidate Will

• Maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings with a highly emotive atmosphere with multi-disciplinary Teams
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills of sensory processing differences for children and young people.
• Be flexible in their approach and have resilience under pressure
• Work both in a team environment and autonomously
• Demonstrate a high level of knowledge and understanding of working with children, young people, families and schools.
• Demonstrate a high level knowledge and experience of implementing reasonable adjustments and inclusive practices
• Demonstrate Neuroaffirmitive practices

We Can Offer You

• Regular clinical and professional supervision from within the clinical team
• Personal development planning and continuing professional development
• Involvement in service development including undertaking clinical audits, project work and service forums
• Opportunities to provide clinical supervision and line management where appropriate.
• You’ll find the organisation is a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
• Recent NHS staff survey results reflect a positive and inclusive working culture at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, with staff highlighting supportive leadership strong teamwork and a commitment to staff well being and development.
• Our staff are proud to be Pioneering, Caring and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
• We put our children, Young people , their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
• We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Micaela Johnson Job title: CQL for Children's Neurodiversity Email address: micaela.johnson4@nhs.net Telephone number: 07787 261323