Complex Senior Occupational Therapist WCC624594

Job Details:

Salary range: £46,854 - £57,495 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £28,112 - £34,497 per annum) Salary negotiable depending upon experience.
Work location: 215 Lisson Grove, London, NW8 8LW
Hours per week: 21.60
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 3 September 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF INDEPENDENT LIVES

Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.

Mrs D was frail and unwell. Her son was her main carer, but he wasn’t coping. We stepped in to help, but they were hostile to outside agencies. They’d always lived together and were terrified they’d be split up. Our social worker did a great job persuading Mrs D to get hospital treatment and a temporary stay in a care home. In an epic effort throughout COVID, she gained the son’s trust and sorted all the repairs, carers, therapists and nurses needed so that Mrs D could come home to live with her son. We also got Mr D regular respite and a personal budget awarded in recognition of him as her carer. After all, there’s nothing more important than living the life you want.

The Role:

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service alongside senior colleagues, everything you do will prioritise the independence, dignity, choice, self-esteem and wellbeing of service users.

Acting as a source of expert advice and guidance, you’ll manage a team of OT Associates, ensuring their support and care plans meet assessed support needs. You’ll also oversee their performance, supporting your team to grow and develop for the good of service users. Where necessary, you’ll represent the OT service at internal and external meetings, collaborating with a wide range of colleagues, partners and stakeholders to drive continuous improvement across the service. Where emergency situations arise, you’ll ensure they’re dealt with effectively and efficiently.

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About You:

An qualified Occupational Therapist with at least 5-7 years of post qualifying experience — including 3 years in a local authority — you’ll have great working knowledge of relevant legislation. You’ll have supervised staff in a previous role, and will be capable of effectively managing group dynamics, promoting partnership working, and collaborating across a multi-disciplinary team.

Bringing advanced skills in the assessment, treatment and care management of people with complex multi-pathologies, you’ll have the ability to make effective decisions under pressure. On a personal level, you’ll have excellent interpersonal, time management and people management skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive, welcoming team, and to supercharge your career in the process.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. 

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.    

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.