Occupational Therapist – Single Point of Access Service

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Adult Occupational Therapist within the Single Point of Access Team to work full time based in Enfield.

Based in the bubbling heart of Enfield Town; Enfield’s recently refurbished open plan office has bespoke areas for service users and is an environment which supports their smart working policy surrounded by small businesses, bars, restaurants, a buzzing high street and shopping centre. The high-tech multi-agency office has good transport links into Central London and is easily assessable via the M25, A10 and A406.

As well as of a range of benefits detailed below, Enfield are an employer that offer hybrid and flexible working.

The salary for this permanent Occupational Therapist job is up to £44,814 per annum.

The team is the first point of contact for service users, carers and organisations wishing to refer into Adult Social Care for advice, information and community assessment and review. 

Working alongside Social Workers and Social Care assessors you will be utilising a strength-based approach to promote independence and well-being. You will work in line with the Care Act to promote service users choice and control in their daily lives while respecting the key elements of the act to ensure service users can contribute to society and continue to have meaningful, autonomous and self-determined lives.

The role is varied and includes working on a fast-paced caseload, supporting duty with a strong emphasis on moving and handling solutions.  Further expectations include contributing to the smooth running and clinical excellence of the team, while supporting colleagues with complex problem solving. 

You must be able to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.  You will have the ability to gather and record information in order to prioritise queries, resolve problems and signpost to alternative services.  You will be highly motivated and familiar with dealing with complex and emotionally challenging situations through to resolution while ensuring service users and carers are supported with dignity and respect and are promoted to fully engage in the assessment process, in line with the principles of personalisation and self-directed support.

Main duties:

To use skills, knowledge and understanding of practice within the area of specialism to support and deliver in the development of service provision by:

• To make appropriate use of local, departmental and independent resources 
• Maintain high standards of professional practice within your own workload
• To use advanced skills, knowledge and understanding of the area of specialism to assist in the development of service provision and promote independence, choice and control for service users
• Carry out all duties within a quality and equalities framework based on Council policy and performance targets, professional standards and best practice.

Why it’s great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office-based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

Requirements of this Occupational Therapist job:

• As a regular and intrinsic part of this role requires you to speak to members of the public in English, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential and consistent with the requirements of this role. This role also requires you to be polite and courteous when conversing with the public.
• Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the HCPC with Experience of working in a health or social care setting as an Occupational Therapist with a range of adults with different levels of needs and/or an understanding of how their disability or health may impact on their ability to compete daily tasks, including experience of completing assessments and care planning in line with the care act, making use of collaborative support with people in achieving their goals, outcomes and maximisation of their independence through the use of resources such as community resources, assistive technology or equipment and adaptations.
• Ability to prepare, plan and write professional reports and support plans for Occupational Therapy / Adult Social Care outcomes including recommendations for care services, direct payments and / or adaptation / equipment recommendations.
• Good knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and guidance that underpin Occupational therapy and Adult Social care practice, including identifying safeguarding and quality of care issues to ensure that people’s welfare is protected and that the quality and standard of support provided is optimised within best practice policies.
• To have experience of working with multiple statutory and non-statutory agencies to facilitate holistic assessments and continuity of care, while providing a best practice approach to all contacts in-line with local polices.
• Ability to work autonomously planning and organising own caseload, while prioritising needs and risks to ensure urgent needs are identified and actioned to reduce potential harm or risks to service user and carers or others.  
• Able and willing to be flexible and responsive in relation to working times, patterns, location (extended working hours may occasionally apply), willing to participate in the duty system undertaking urgent assessments as directed by the duty manager.

This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.