Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year (start date: September 2026)
Salary range: £44,567 - £50,778 per annum
(salary includes a £2k market supplement, starting salary dependent on qualification and years’ experience)
There is a potential to contribute to team coordination for a suitably experienced candidate which may attract an additional responsibility allowance.
To be considered for this position please complete our online application form on our website rmt.org/jobs (Closing date: Thursday 2nd July 2026)
The purpose of the role is to work therapeutically with specific or small groups of students based on assessments of the student’s support and developmental needs.
Delivering weekly direct (1:1), small group and individual interventions as identified in the EHC plan, including therapy in the craft and outdoor space. This will require you to plan individualised, functional, student-centered programs across a variety of contexts (session based, communities based, craft, land-based at our biodynamic farm, depending on the needs of the students). This will include formal assessment through observation and staff/parent/carer liaison.
Through effective management of your caseload, you will ensure that ECHP targets are met alongside the students’ needs. In doing so you will nurture solid working relationships with staff and students and be given the opportunity to facilitate meaningful change with hands on intervention and practice.
In this role you will advise and train college and residential staff on embedding OT into Ruskin Mill’s unique method of Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) and the Steiner educational insights as interventions to meet the students’ sensory and self-regulation needs as identified in the EHC plan. Training and mentoring will be provided as will external supervision.
You will be working with children, young people and vulnerable adults with autistic spectrum disorders, learning disabilities and difficulties associated with developmental delay and, in collaboration with the other therapists, communicating findings to a diverse range of Ruskin Mill Trust staff and external bodies. This will include record keeping, data collection and analysis and will include the delivery of staff training. To validate and document student progress by being immersed in PSTE and the Steiner Curriculum utilising their expertise in sensory profiles and sensory integration.
In order to be successful in this role you will:
- Qualified to degree level in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with professional therapeutic body such as HCPC
- Qualified in Sensory Integration is highly desired, however, not essential.
- Experience of working with students who have special education needs/learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities, sensory integration and have a knowledge of specialist education.
- A flexible and professional approach is required
- Be able to demonstrate strong communication and time management skills
Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.
In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.
Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers