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Occupational therapist jobs in Manchester

Adult social care in Manchester 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 Manchester

What the official data says about Manchester

Skills for Care recorded 25 filled occupational therapist posts in Manchester in 2024/25, out of 50 occupational therapist posts in total.

The occupational therapist role is 0.2% of the 12,000 filled adult social care posts in Manchester. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in Manchester, only 16.5% across all care roles in the area.

On filled occupational therapist posts, Manchester ranks 6th of the 17 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 25 filled occupational therapist posts, against 25 in Manchester. Across the 116 published England areas the middle is 25.

For the shape of the rest of the Manchester workforce, the same release records 325 filled social worker posts, 225 filled registered nurse posts and 600 filled community support and outreach posts.

No pay figure is published for the occupational therapist role in Manchester. The only local pay figure Skills for Care releases for the area is £13.76 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 Manchester: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.

Full-time workers in Manchester earn a median of £40,479 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Manchester at £26,500, £13,979 below it.

Occupational therapist, filled posts
25
All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
6.4%
Occupational therapist, posts in total
50

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 Manchester: common questions

How many occupational therapist jobs are there in Manchester?

Skills for Care recorded 25 filled occupational therapist posts in Manchester 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 Manchester.

What does a occupational therapist earn in Manchester?

Skills for Care does not publish a pay figure for the occupational therapist role in Manchester: 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 Manchester?

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