Social Services Occupational Therapist

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Services Occupational Therapist to take on a new ongoing contract role.

Location: Westminster

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Occupational Therapist Pay Rate: £30.49 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 of the Social Services Occupational Therapist:

• To deliver the best service for our residents, this role is office based, working along side the Team Manager.
• Visits to residents homes will be required.
• To ensure collaboration with our partner agencies the working pattern is 9am to 5pm with some flexibility as to start and finish time in agreement with the Team Manager.
• The role involves provision of information, advice, assistance and advocacy to support service users who wish to repair, adapt or improve their home.
• To identify their needs though review of referral information and to discuss the options for addressing these through the Home Improvement Agency and other agencies.
• To be the main point of contact for the service user throughout the process to support them to follow through with their chosen options and maintain communication, demonstrating sensitivity, flexibility and sound professional judgement.
• Be proficient in the use of information technology and to document case work clearly Understand and demonstrate the council’s values and behaviours, working collaboratively with colleagues, attending meetings and proactively contributing and problem solving.
• Working proactively to develop relationships with partners and other stakeholders to help build a sustainable highly effective organisation and develop our reputation as a successful council delivering great value for its residents.

Requirements of the Social Services 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 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.