Occupational Therapist

What skills and experience we're looking for

Occupational Therapist

Oaklands is an outstanding special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple difficulties and autism aged 4-19. We have a Primary school (New Oaks), and a Secondary school (High Oaks). We are based across two different sites with both our school buildings offering state-of-the-art facilities for our students.

We are looking to appoint a qualified band 5 or band 6 Occupational Therapist to join a growing therapy team at Oaklands in working directly with young people to support them accessing education.

The ideal candidate will have 2 years’ experience working with young adults who have very complex needs including PMLD, SLD and autism. You will be able to design and deliver sensory integration programmes. You will liaise with service providers and parents to ensure that therapy is delivered as required at school and home.

Oaklands School Therapy Team is led by our Therapy Team Lead. The successful candidate will join the therapy team at Oaklands and work across both our 2 sites. This is an exciting opportunity to develop specialist clinical skills and embed yourself in the school community to support our children and young people in achieving the best functional outcomes.

What the school offers its staff

We value our employees and offer excellent training and support as well as a pension scheme, employee assistance programme, and many other well-being benefits. These include our onsite gym, showering facilities and a coffee shop with discounted barista coffee. We also offer freshly prepared hot and cold lunches which are available to purchase from our onsite kitchen, shop and café at our Gresham Road site.

Oaklands is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory fully enhanced DBS check and references being received in a timely manner. Social media checks will be carried out for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of a 26 working week probation period.

Details of this post are available on the school’s website: Visits to the school are welcome. Please contact the HR department for an appointment on [email protected] or by calling the school on 020 8560 3569 (option 3).

To apply, please complete and email the application form to [email protected]

Please ensure that you explain clearly in your application how you meet the person specification.

Closing Date: 9am Thursday 7th May 2026

Interview Date: Wednesday 13th May 2026

Pay Scale: Hounslow Pay Scales S01 point 21 – P04 point 38

NHS Band 5 – 6 equivalent

Actual Salary: £33,875 - £47,613

Contract Type: Term time plus 2 weeks (41 weeks)

Hours of work: 36 Hours per week

The successful candidate will be required to attend a pre-employment induction including safeguarding assessment.

CV’s will not be accepted. NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Commitment to safeguarding

Oaklands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, teaching and non-teaching (including temporary and supply staff), governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants for all vacancies will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service