Job Description

Make a real difference in children's lives - join our passionate and supportive team in beautiful Cornwall.

Cornwall Council's Disabled Children and Therapy Service is seeking a dynamic, motivated and compassionate Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our experienced multi-disciplinary team. This is a full-time position offering a unique opportunity to work with children and young people with a range of complex needs, delivering high-quality, family-centred care and promoting independence and inclusion.

About the Role

You will work collaboratively with families, schools, health professionals and social care colleagues to assess, plan, and deliver occupational therapy interventions that support the development and well-being of children and young people. Your caseload will include children with a variety of medical conditions or disabilities and your input will contribute to improving participation in everyday activities at home, in school and in the community.

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will:

Provide specialist assessments and interventions for children with physical, behavioural, and developmental challenges.


Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings.


You will make recommendations for and provide equipment and adaptations to enhance independence and safety. You will carry this out in children's own homes and schools.


Offer guidance and training to families, carers, and educational staff.


Support the supervision and development of other staff and students.

About You

We are looking for a confident and skilled Occupational Therapist who:


Holds a degree in Occupational Therapy and is registered with the HCPC.


Has proven post-qualification experience, ideally with children and young people.


Demonstrates excellent clinical reasoning, communication and organisational skills.


Is passionate about child-centred practice and working in partnership with families.

Why Join Us?

Work within a friendly, supportive and innovative service committed to delivering high-quality care.


Benefit from regular clinical supervision, CPD opportunities and peer support.


Be part of a team making a real difference in the lives of children and their families across Cornwall.



Cornwall offers a stunning natural environment, with coastlines, countryside and a welcoming community - making it the ideal place to live and work.


For an informal discussion please contact Andrew Berriman on 07483351207 or andrew.berriman@cornwall.gov.uk



Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

a competitive salary. a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role


The full role profile is attached here .

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as 'Application' on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here - The application process.





Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.