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Occupational therapist jobs in North Yorkshire

Adult social care in North Yorkshire employs people in 75 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 Yorkshire

What the official data says about North Yorkshire

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled occupational therapist posts in North Yorkshire in 2024/25, out of 75 occupational therapist posts in total.

The occupational therapist role is 0.4% of the 18,000 filled adult social care posts in North Yorkshire. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in North Yorkshire, only 24.8% across all care roles in the area.

On filled occupational therapist posts, North Yorkshire ranks 1st of the 9 Yorkshire and The Humber areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of Yorkshire and The Humber sits at 25 filled occupational therapist posts, against 75 in North Yorkshire. Across the 116 published England areas the middle is 25.

For the shape of the rest of the North Yorkshire workforce, the same release records 275 filled social worker posts, 500 filled registered nurse posts and 225 filled community support and outreach posts.

Reported median pay in North Yorkshire was £20.57 an hour for the occupational therapist role and about £39,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in North Yorkshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Skills for Care withholds a vacancy rate, a turnover rate for the occupational therapist role in North Yorkshire: 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 Yorkshire earn a median of £34,785 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in North Yorkshire at £26,300, £8,485 below it.

Occupational therapist, filled posts
75
All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
6.9%
Occupational therapist, median full-time annual pay
£39,600
Occupational therapist, posts in total
75
Occupational therapist, median hourly pay
£20.57

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 Yorkshire: common questions

How many occupational therapist jobs are there in North Yorkshire?

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled occupational therapist posts in North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire.

What does a occupational therapist earn in North Yorkshire?

Median reported pay in North Yorkshire was £20.57 an hour, or about £39,600 a year full time, from local authority and independent sector employers. Each advert states its own rate, and that is the figure that counts.

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

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