Paediatric Occupational Therapist

The Service & Team:

Cornwall Council’s Disabled Children’s Team provides support to children and young people with a wide range of disabilities and complex needs. We are a friendly, multi-disciplinary service that works closely with families, schools, and health colleagues to promote independence, participation, and wellbeing. You will be joining an experienced and supportive group of professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality, child-centred care.

The Role:

We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to assess and support disabled children and young people across Mid Cornwall. Your role will include recommending specialist equipment and adaptations which enabling children to achieve their goals in daily life at home and in school. 

You will be encouraged to develop your professional skills, with structured supervision and opportunities for training in specialist areas of paediatric occupational therapy.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.                      

This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check. 

Working Pattern:

This is a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours per week) working five days (Monday to Friday) per week.  The role is based in Mid Cornwall, with travel across this part of the county to visit families, schools, and partner services as required.  

What You’Ll Need To Succeed:

A recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration (or pending registration if newly qualified).

Strong communication and organisational skills.

A positive, proactive approach to supporting children and families.

The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team.

A commitment to ongoing professional development.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert.

What You’Ll Get In Return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact andrew.berriman@cornwall.gov.uk 

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.