Band 6/7 - Occupational Therapist - Sutton - Permanent

Job Title: Occupational Therapist
Banding: Band 6/7
Location: Sutton, South West London
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £33,398 – £49,717 per annum (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits
Working Hours: Full-time

A valued client is currently seeking a compassionate and motivated Occupational Therapist to join their team at Greenholm School in Sutton. Applications are welcome from both newly qualified practitioners and experienced clinicians looking to make a meaningful impact in a specialist educational setting

Key responsibilities

Greenholm School is an independent, specialist day school located in South West London. Since joining the Witherslack Group in 2022, the school has continued to provide high-quality education for pupils with autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language difficulties, sensory processing challenges, and associated behavioural difficulties. The school was recently rated Good by Ofsted.

The school is part of a broader network of specialist schools and children’s homes where clinicians are central to one of the most integrated models in SEND. The young people supported by the client often present with a complexity of need, including developmental trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions, and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, the Occupational Therapist will support both educational and residential colleagues in creating therapeutic living and learning environments. Based on clinical assessment and formulation, they will deliver individualised interventions and engage directly with young people to support their development.

Occupational Therapists in this setting work collaboratively across the school and children’s homes, ensuring that therapeutic support is embedded in every aspect of education and care. The role also includes providing consultation, leading workshops, and delivering training and guidance to staff teams working with the children.

What's in it for you

For your hard work and commitment, they reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With them, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training


• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays days holiday including bank holidays


• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, they provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development


• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out their benefits here


• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance


• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts


• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out their schools here


• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within their living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here’s a few things they’ll need from you:

• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC


• Have experience and be skilled in delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people with complex needs


• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences


• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer.


• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative


• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Why work with Pulse?

From the moment you register with us, our focus is entirely on you. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out.Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.We always prioritise your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource.

How to Apply

If you are interested in registering with us, would like to know more about this position, or simply wish to discuss other opportunities we have available, we would love to hear from you. Please apply using the link below.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustments 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 throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents of countries listed on 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 Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.