Social Services Community Occupational Therapist
Job Description
Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Services Community Occupational Therapist to take on a new ongoing contract role.
Location: Hackney
Contract Type: Ongoing contract
Social Services Community Occupational Therapist Pay Rate: £29.72 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
Duties:
- Be responsible for planning and monitoring tasks on behalf of the Service Manager of OT that enables the successful delivery of the business objectives of the occupational therapy team
- Responsible for the effective supervision of a group of Occupational Therapy Assistants carrying out tasks within the OT service which will deliver services that will achieve continuous improvement
- Responsible for carrying out comprehensive assessments within the community for people referred by the Assessment Service who meet our Fair Access to Care Services criteria and have either a permanent or a complex and substantial disability
- Carrying out re-assessments for people with long term or progressive social care needs
- Work in partnership with service users, carers, and a range of other professionals and colleagues to produce an Occupational Therapy support package that aims to maximise the service user’s independence
- Responsible for following up a support package to assess its impact and to record contact and case notes on appropriate systems
Requirements of the Social Services Community Occupational Therapist:
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Recent experience working as an Occupational Therapist
- Recent experience within social services / local authority / council
- Registered with the HCPC
Contact:
This Social Services Community Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Reece Golding; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Band 5 Occupational Therapists as well as Band 6 & 7 as we have multiple vacancies that could be suitable. NHS Occupational Therapists applications are also welcome as we have vacancies available within the NHS.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Occupational Therapy role as we need to meet our clients requirements.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
