Social Services Occupational Therapist – Physical Disabilities

Global Healthcare Jobs, 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: Doncaster

Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract

Occupational Therapist Pay Rate: £34 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:

• Promote independence and reduce risks for Adults with disabilities living in the locality.
• Work with the social model of disability and use evidence based practice to carry out person centre assessments to identify need and take appropriate action.
• Use person centred methods that respect individual values, cultures and diversity to identify needs and devise individual interventions to meet need. 
• Where statutory provision is not appropriate offer information and advice around self-directed support.
  
• To provide a high quality, evidence-based, Integrated Community Equipment and Adaptations Service to people in their own homes which will be achieved by carrying a complex caseload and using a robust performance management framework to ensure effective service delivery by all officers working in the service.
• To provide expert clinical knowledge on manual handling issues and support other colleagues with the most complex manual handling cases.

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 Alex Blackwell; 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.