Specialist Occupational Therapist – Children’s Social Care

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced and dedicated Specialist Occupational Therapist to deliver high‑quality assessments and interventions for children and young people with significant physical, cognitive, or sensory impairments.

You will play a vital role within Children’s Social Care, ensuring that every child you work with receives tailored, meaningful support that promotes independence, safety, and wellbeing. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real impact for Brent’s children and families.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Deliver specialist Occupational Therapy assessments in line with legislation and Brent’s eligibility criteria.
• Provide social care interventions for children with complex needs.
• Develop personalised plans to promote independence, including:
  • Equipment and assistive technology
  • Home adaptations
  • Specialist seating
  • Manual handling plans
  • Environmental assessments
• Support the child’s learning, development, play, social participation, and inclusion.
• Assess the needs of carers and ensure eligible support is identified and provided.
• Work collaboratively with families, carers, schools, health partners, and social care colleagues to deliver a coordinated, child‑centred service.

Benefits:

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Qualifications & Experience:

• HCPC‑registered Occupational Therapist
• Strong experience working with children with disabilities in a Social Care setting
• Excellent assessment and clinical reasoning skills
• Strong communication and multi‑agency working capabilities
• Commitment to child‑centred, strengths‑based practice

Working Arrangements:

This role is offered on a hybrid basis, with a set number of days each week required in the office at 32 Engineers Way, Wembley.
This gives a balance of collaborative team working, home‑based focus time, and direct intervention.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• 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.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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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