Specialist Occupational Therapist in Winchester

Job Reference: HCC

Salary Range: £48,948 - £54,423 pro-rata, per annum

Work Location: Hampshire (cases allocated within geographical patch, predominately Winchester, Basingstoke or Havant)

Hours per week: 37

Contract Type: Permanent (Term-Time only)

Closing Date: 8 February 2026

Interview Date: 24 February 2026

The Role:

As an Occupational Therapist in our Education and Inclusion Therapy Service, you’ll join a supportive and forward-thinking team delivering impactful therapy to children and young people in educational settings. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a developing service in a high-performing local authority. The role is term-time only (working 40 weeks per annum), offering excellent work-life balance and a competitive salary broadly equivalent to NHS Band 7. Our service is a friendly, welcoming team of professionals who are all passionate about the work we do. We are also committed to creating effective and meaningful roles for our employees that enable therapists to develop autonomous practice while having access to strong support.

What you’ll do:

• You’ll work collaboratively with schools, families, and professionals to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive and reach their full potential.
• You’ll deliver specialist assessments and interventions, contribute to EHCP provision, and support staff development in specialist settings.
• Working across varied educational environments and within a multi-agency team, you’ll apply your clinical expertise to support students’ sensory and physical needs, helping them access learning and daily activities with greater independence.

What we’re looking for:

You need to have a professional Occupational Therapy qualification and postgraduate certificate in Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy or equivalent. You also need to be registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT). You will be experienced in working as an Occupational Therapist within either the NHS, Local Authority or in the private sector, including previous experience of supporting children with complex needs, delivering specialist assessments and interventions, contributing to EHCP provision and working within multi-agency teams.

Why join us?

• Planned induction programme.
• Formal and informal support from your line manager.
• Varied supervision calendar for all staff which offers opportunities for regular clinical supervision and specialist supervision from colleagues.
• Specific development programme that focuses on supporting you to develop your skills within an identified area of specialism should you wish and in line with business needs.
• Well-developed in-house training programme for the whole team running throughout the year with regular external training opportunities.
• Laptop to enable flexible working at home and in school.
• Access to a wide resources and assessment library including access to InPrint Symbol software, personal copies of essential resources such as TOMs and Zones of Regulation.
• Healthy work life balance, considering flexible working and job sharing where possible.

Additional Information:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services, references will be requested prior to interview.

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.