Job summary

We are looking for a Children's Occupational Therapy Assistant!

HIOWH NHS Foundation Trust's Integrated Children's Therapy service is for children aged 0 to19 who experience challenges with Physical disability, daily functional activities, eating and drinking skills, speech, language, and communication

This is a community service delivered in children's homes, pre-school settings, Children's Centres, mainstream schools, special schools, and community clinics

Physiotherapists, podiatry, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists work together with children and their families as part of multi agency teams with Health Care professionals across acute and community services, Education, social care colleagues and Equipment providers, to enable children achieve their therapy goals

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapy Assistant to become part of our friendly and supportive Integrated Children's Therapy Service. Working with children and young people across schools, nurseries, homes and community settings, you will support Occupational Therapists in delivering therapeutic interventions that make a meaningful difference to daily life. The role includes implementing therapy programmes, ordering and setting up equipment, contributing to service development initiatives and collaborating closely with families, education staff and multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence