Adult social care in London
Occupational therapist jobs in Islington
Adult social care in Islington 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.
Search the adverts
Starts from occupational therapist jobs in Islington. You can widen it on the next page.
Live adverts
Occupational therapist jobs in Islington
Loading the current adverts.
Open adverts for Occupational therapist jobs in Islington, as a plain list
Published figures for Islington
What the official data says about Islington
Skills for Care recorded 25 filled occupational therapist posts in Islington in 2024/25, out of 25 occupational therapist posts in total.
The occupational therapist role is 0.3% of the 7,500 filled adult social care posts in Islington. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in Islington, only 27.6% across all care roles in the area.
On filled occupational therapist posts, Islington ranks 10th of the 25 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 25 filled occupational therapist posts, against 25 in Islington. Across the 116 published England areas the middle is 25.
For the shape of the rest of the Islington workforce, the same release records 150 filled social worker posts, 100 filled registered nurse posts and 375 filled community support and outreach posts.
Reported median pay in Islington was £28.38 an hour for the occupational therapist role and about £54,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Islington 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 Islington: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.
Full-time workers in Islington earn a median of £53,185 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Islington at £27,500, £25,685 below it.
- Occupational therapist, filled posts
- 25
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 8.6%
- Occupational therapist, median full-time annual pay
- £54,600
- Occupational therapist, posts in total
- 25
- Occupational therapist, median hourly pay
- £28.38
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.
Occupational therapist jobs in Islington: common questions
How many occupational therapist jobs are there in Islington?
Skills for Care recorded 25 filled occupational therapist posts in Islington 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 Islington.
What does a occupational therapist earn in Islington?
Median reported pay in Islington was £28.38 an hour, or about £54,600 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 Islington?
HCPC registration as an occupational therapist. A recognised occupational therapy degree. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Each advert in Islington sets out what that employer asks for.