Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Children’s Community Occupational Therapist
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Are you passionate about delivering high quality Occupational Therapy services to children? If the answer is “yes” then this may be the job opportunity for you.
Evelina Community Occupational Therapy
Evelina Community Occupational Therapy have the opportunity to recruit to permanent and part time Band 6 posts.
The Evelina Community Children’s Occupational Therapy Service
The Evelina Community Children’s Occupational Therapy Service is an integral part of specialist services that provides care to the population of Lambeth and Southwark. Southwark and Lambeth are multicultural and vibrant inner South London boroughs. The service is dynamic and works closely with multidisciplinary and multiagency colleagues.
Interview date: 22nd September 2026
Contact Information
For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
- Vicky d'Abo - Occupational Therapy Team Leader/Clinical Specialist on 020 3049 8181 or via v.dabo@nhs.net
- Louise Vassallo - Occupational Therapy Team Leader/Clinical Specialist on 020 3049 8181 or via L.vassallo@nhs.net
The post holders will have the opportunity to work across our community sites with Evelina Community OT team based at Sunshine House Child Development Centre in Camberwell, Southwark and Mary Sheridan Child development Centre, Kennington, Lambeth.
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The successful applicants will be working within a large team of community children occupational therapists that support services to the Evelina community population in Lambeth and Southwark and will also be an integral part of the experts@hand multidisciplinary team supporting SEND reforms across these two boroughs.
You will have the opportunity to see children 0-19 across a range of conditions such as complex physical disabilities, Autism, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), and deliver blocks of assessment and therapy intervention within the service model.
Within our service we use the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-e) to guide our clinical reasoning and practice- keeping a clear focus on occupational outcomes.
Our Professional Offer to You
As a Band 6 OT you will have an opportunity to:
- Develop your community children occupational therapy skills, e.g. assess and treat children with a range of developmental conditions within the child’s home and community settings such as nursery and school
- Develop your skills in complex case management of children and families
- Develop your skills in Participation, Environment and Occupation and its application when assessing need and working with families and carers
- Develop supervisory, leadership and service development skills
- Develop your skills in service development
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The Occupational Therapy service has a supportive and progressive management structure with departmental objectives founded upon the principles of the clinical governance framework and trust core values. The trust is committed to continuing the professional development of its workforce and the department has structured in-service training supported by personal and professional development plans and yearly appraisals.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Vicky d'Abo
- Job title: Team Leader/Clinical Specialist
- Email address: vicky.dabo@gstt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0203 049 8181
Please contact Vicky d'Abo OT Team Leader/ Clinical specialist or Louise Vassallo OT Team Leader/Clinical Specialist on 020 3049 8181 or via Louise.vassallo@gstt.nhs.uk
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