Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Services Occupational Therapist to take on a new ongoing contract role.
Location: Dudley
Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract
Occupational Therapist Pay Rate: £28 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working with us:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Occupational Therapist roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer an Occupational Therapist and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Occupational Therapists you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Occupational Therapist provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties of the Social Services Occupational Therapist:
- Provide a co-ordinated approach to the assessment of need and produce outcome focused Occupational Therapy plans.
- Have a positive approach to risk taking that empowers an individual and focuses on their assets and demonstrates a strength-based approach.
- Provide a co-ordinated approach to the assessment of needs of an individual
- Undertake assessment of need of service users who require a complex assessment, coordinating those assessments where multi-disciplinary input is required in accordance with the Directorates protocols.
- Respond to requests for assessment for equipment and adaptation in a timely manner.
- Provide functional assessments within the community.
- Make recommendations, based on assessed need for the provision of aids to daily living and adaptations.
- Ensure that these recommendations are carried out, making appropriate use of specialist skills in other departments.
- Ensure that any equipment supplied is fitted and demonstrated safely and clients instructed on the safe use of equipment
- Demonstrate Moving and Handling of people skills, providing appropriate advice and recommending appropriate equipment as needed
- Review the effect of OT intervention on client’s function i.e. were outcomes achieved to provide a sensitive, flexible and appropriate response to individual service users and their carers.
- Undertake supervisory responsibility for Occupational Therapists, Assistant Care Coordinators and Team assistants, to include case load supervision and case closure.
- Deputise for the Assistant Team Manager/Team Manager as required.
- Use own vehicle insured for business purposes to undertake home assessments and to transport aids to daily living as required
- Maintain records and write reports in accordance with the Directorates Policy and Procedure
- Undertake training as appropriate including Fieldwork Educators Course and participate in the clinical education of students
- Liaise with other staff within Adult Social Care in matters relating to OT and to act in an advisory capacity to these teams
- Keep up to date with professional developments in the field of Occupational Therapy and Housing
- Maintain effective working relationships with internal and external providers and to convene and attend multi-disciplinary meetings as required
- Keep up to date with professional developments in the field of Adult Services and to make appropriate recommendations to the Team Manager on the development or review of services
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 Ray Deb; 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.
