Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.

Main duties of the job

Job Title: Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist. Company: HCRG Care Group. Location: Harlow. Job Type: Permanent. Salary: £32073 - £39043. As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits. You will join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in West Essex, covering Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest. You will be responsible for a caseload of children in the Harlow area, working at universal, targeted, and specialist levels. This role requires you to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes. Requires HCPC registration.

About us

Details

Date posted

30 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1556783127

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Harlow

CM18 7NG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We are looking for a permanent Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in West Essex, covering Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest.

You willjoin our award winning Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, where we are trail blazing a new integrated partnership model with Barnardos;a model that drives efficiencies so we can put more people in our services, spending time with children and families to improve health outcomes in the local community.

As a Childrens Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for a caseload of children in the Harlow area, working at universal, targeted and specialist levels. Youll work closely with our team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants, within a diverse multidisciplinary team with other dedicated staff as part of our innovative Child and Family Wellbeing Service. You will benefit from the support of friendly and inclusive colleagues and access regular supervision with a Band 7 Occupational Therapist.

Job Responsibilities

You will carry a mixed complex caseload of children aged 0-19 years, delivering specialist interventions across a range of areas. You will work in settings including schools, community clinics/hubs, homes and special schools, providing a high standard of child centred service delivery, in line with best practice.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration. You will have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to service users at every stage of their healthcare journey.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Sarah Eaton via email: sarah.eaton@hcrgcaregroup.com

As this is a communitybased role, it is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We are looking for a permanent Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in West Essex, covering Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest.

You willjoin our award winning Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, where we are trail blazing a new integrated partnership model with Barnardos;a model that drives efficiencies so we can put more people in our services, spending time with children and families to improve health outcomes in the local community.

As a Childrens Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for a caseload of children in the Harlow area, working at universal, targeted and specialist levels. Youll work closely with our team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants, within a diverse multidisciplinary team with other dedicated staff as part of our innovative Child and Family Wellbeing Service. You will benefit from the support of friendly and inclusive colleagues and access regular supervision with a Band 7 Occupational Therapist.

Job Responsibilities

You will carry a mixed complex caseload of children aged 0-19 years, delivering specialist interventions across a range of areas. You will work in settings including schools, community clinics/hubs, homes and special schools, providing a high standard of child centred service delivery, in line with best practice.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration. You will have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to service users at every stage of their healthcare journey.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Sarah Eaton via email: sarah.eaton@hcrgcaregroup.com

As this is a communitybased role, it is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Harlow

CM18 7NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Harlow

CM18 7NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

As a Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We are looking for a permanent Band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in West Essex, covering Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest.

You willjoin our award winning Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, where we are trail blazing a new integrated partnership model with Barnardos;a model that drives efficiencies so we can put more people in our services, spending time with children and families to improve health outcomes in the local community.

As a Childrens Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for a caseload of children in the Harlow area, working at universal, targeted and specialist levels. Youll work closely with our team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants, within a diverse multidisciplinary team with other dedicated staff as part of our innovative Child and Family Wellbeing Service. You will benefit from the support of friendly and inclusive colleagues and access regular supervision with a Band 7 Occupational Therapist.

Job Responsibilities

You will carry a mixed complex caseload of children aged 0-19 years, delivering specialist interventions across a range of areas. You will work in settings including schools, community clinics/hubs, homes and special schools, providing a high standard of child centred service delivery, in line with best practice.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration. You will have strong communication and organisation skills and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to service users at every stage of their healthcare journey.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Sarah Eaton via email: sarah.eaton@hcrgcaregroup.com

As this is a communitybased role, it is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Qualifications

Essential

• You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.