Wilds Lodge School – Rutland
Salary: £18,264 (actual salary) | £47,321 (52wk FTE)
Permanent, part time and term time only
18 hours per week - 8.30am - 2.30pm (days negotiable)
To start September 2026
Your new role
We are looking for exceptional people to work with our exceptional learners. We are currently
recruiting for an Occupational Therapist, providing therapy services as part of the integrated,
multidisciplinary therapy team at Wilds Lodge School.
Your role will include applying and developing your clinical skills in delivering hands-on OT
intervention to learners with social emotional and mental health needs with supervision from the
SENCO. You will apply and develop your clinical skills in delivering hands-on Occupational Therapy,
ensuring the provision of a high standard of assessment, treatment and advice to learners and their
families accessing the school.
We are looking for an enthusiastic qualified Occupational Therapist to join a team of therapists
consisting of a Speech and Language Therapist, Art, Drama, and Music Therapists and Clinical and
Educational Psychologists. Our therapists benefit from professional leadership, peer support and the
many other opportunities for professional development and training the school has to offer.
We are seeking people who thrive on working in a challenging but immensely rewarding
environment, who are passionate about supporting the development of social, life and
independence skills and who truly want to make a difference in the lives of young people.
Working Hours
- Three days a week
- 8.30am - 2.30pm
- Term time only
Essential Requirements
- A degree in Occupational Therapy (or similar) and HCPC membership
- Minimum 1 years’ experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist
- Experience of assessing and implementing appropriate management plans for OT and
delivery of OT assessment and interventions
- Knowledge of range of appropriate pediatric occupational therapy interventions
- Excellent interpersonal skills. You will also be empathetic and assertive with a good sense of
humour!
- Experience working with children and young people with Social, Emotional and Behavioural
issues (desirable)
About Wilds Lodge
Wilds Lodge School is an independent 38 week specialist boarding and day provision for boys and
girls (girls are accepted as day learners only) for learners aged between 5 and 19 with social,
emotional and mental health difficulties, set in Empingham, Rutland. All the learners at the school
have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). It was established in 2007 and aims to place an
equal emphasis on the educational, social and psychological development of our learners. The key to
the success of the school is a strong ethos, developed by a highly experienced and capable staff, and
the strength of the relationships between the staff and the learners.
