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Occupational therapist jobs in North Tyneside

Adult social care in North Tyneside employs people in 25 filled occupational therapist posts, on the most recent Skills for Care count. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.

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Published figures for North Tyneside

What the official data says about North Tyneside

Skills for Care recorded 25 filled occupational therapist posts in North Tyneside in 2024/25, out of 25 occupational therapist posts in total.

The occupational therapist role is 0.4% of the 6,400 filled adult social care posts in North Tyneside. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in North Tyneside, only 30.1% across all care roles in the area.

On filled occupational therapist posts, North Tyneside ranks 5th of the 9 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 25 filled occupational therapist posts, against 25 in North Tyneside. Across the 116 published England areas the middle is 25.

For the shape of the rest of the North Tyneside workforce, the same release records 100 filled social worker posts, 125 filled registered nurse posts and 250 filled community support and outreach posts.

No pay figure is published for the occupational therapist role in North Tyneside. The only local pay figure Skills for Care releases for the area is £13.15 an hour across all adult social care roles together, which is a different population and not a substitute.

Skills for Care withholds a vacancy rate, a turnover rate, an hourly pay figure, a full-time annual pay figure for the occupational therapist role in North Tyneside: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.

Full-time workers in North Tyneside earn a median of £37,005 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in North Tyneside at £25,300, £11,705 below it.

Occupational therapist, filled posts
25
All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
6.2%
Occupational therapist, posts in total
25

The occupational therapist role

Occupational therapy in social care is about what a person needs to be able to do, and what would have to change for them to keep doing it. Equipment, adaptations, routines, technique and confidence are all on the table.

A typical caseload mixes home visits, moving and handling assessments, major adaptation recommendations and joint work with social workers, housing teams and families.

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Occupational therapist jobs in North Tyneside: common questions

How many occupational therapist jobs are there in North Tyneside?

Skills for Care recorded 25 filled occupational therapist posts in North Tyneside in 2024/25. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in North Tyneside.

What does a occupational therapist earn in North Tyneside?

Skills for Care does not publish a pay figure for the occupational therapist role in North Tyneside: the sample is too small to release. Each advert on this page states its own rate.

Do I need experience to apply for occupational therapist jobs in North Tyneside?

HCPC registration as an occupational therapist. A recognised occupational therapy degree. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Each advert in North Tyneside sets out what that employer asks for.