Occupational Therapist – Children with Disabilities
Liquid Personnel
Wokingham, BerkshireView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£78,148
Contract
Not specified
Hours
Part time
Closing date
Not specified
In plain English
What this job actually involves
You will assess and support children with disabilities, recommend equipment and arrange home adaptations. The role is part‑time in Wokingham and sits within a multidisciplinary team. It suits occupational therapists who enjoy working with families and making a real difference.
What you'll need
- Registered with the HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
- Qualified degree in Occupational Therapy
- Experience working with children with disabilities
- Good communication skills for families and team members
- Ability to plan and organise assessments and equipment provision
- Available for part‑time work in Wokingham
How to boost your chances
- Tailor your CV to highlight work with children and equipment advice
- Give examples of teamwork in multidisciplinary settings
- Show how you involve families in care plans
- Ensure your professional registration is up to date
- Be ready to discuss flexible part‑time availability
- Research local services in Wokingham to show local knowledge
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Job description
Are you a skilled Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people with disabilities?
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join a dedicated Children with Disabilities Team in Wokingham. This role offers the opportunity to support children and families through specialist assessments, provision of equipment, and coordination of housing adaptations.
You will join a supportive multidisciplinary team, managing a varied and meaningful caseload focused on improving independence and quality of life.
The Role In this position, you will deliver specialist Occupational Therapy services to children and young people with disabilities. You will assess individual needs, recommend appropriate interventions, and support families in creating safe and functional home environments. Working collaboratively with professionals across social care, health, and education, you will play a key role in delivering effective and person-centred outcomes.
- Assess children and young people to identify functional needs and develop effective intervention plans.
- Recommend and arrange specialist equipment and minor adaptations.
- Demonstrate the safe and effective use of equipment to parents and carers.
- Assess the need for major home adaptations and guide families through the adaptation process.
- Liaise with Grants Officers, surveyors, architects, builders, and other professionals to ensure adaptations meet assessed needs.
- Complete housing needs reports to support medical priority housing applications.
- Maintain accurate records, assessments, risk assessments, care plans, and reviews.
- Attend multidisciplinary meetings and work collaboratively with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes.
- Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
- Experience working with children with disabilities or complex needs
- Strong understanding of assistive equipment and housing adaptations
- Experience in functional and environmental assessments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage a caseload independently
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
Working Pattern
- Hybrid working arrangement
- 2 days per week office-based
What’s on Offer?
- £300.57 per day
- Flexible hybrid working
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Diverse and rewarding caseload
- Opportunity to positively impact children and families
Know Someone Suitable?
Referral bonus available: If you know an Occupational Therapist with experience in Children with Disabilities services, refer them and earn a bonus upon successful placement.
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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Adzuna
First seen
13 August 2026
Last checked
11 November 2026
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