Senior Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care Hub

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£47,093 to £50,126

Other Allied

Senior Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care Hub

Job summary

What it's like working in our team...

As an occupational therapist in our Adult Social Care Hub Team you will be working with people right at the start of their journey with social care. The Hub is the first contact for people with physical health issues, learning disabilities or for old adults with health problems.

Main duties of the job

You will be supported to carry out the following duties, responsibilities and training...

To work with people, including their advocates and carers, to coordinate the identification of their needs, undertake comprehensive assessments of individuals including those with diverse or complex presentations to develop person-centred SMART Goals and support plans designed to meet needs in ways that maximises independence, choice and control, and are legal and affordable.
To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, participating in the development of services and other staff, providing direction and assistance to support workers, other members of the team, and students.
Take an active part in your own supervision and appraisal and to supervise and appraise allocated staff in accordance with the departmental supervision policy and councils appraisal policy.
To be responsible for your continuous professional development, ensuring your practice is up-to-date and evidence based, attending all mandatory training and specialist training where appropriate.
To work 37 hours Monday Friday.

About us

We support people to be at their best.

We have the autonomy to do the right thing.

We want to help our residents live as independently as possible and our Senior Occupational Therapists have a vital role to play in that. They give people the time, resources and support they need to make a tangible impact on their everyday lives.

Youll have a supportive team, a manageable caseload; youll have a voice and youll be valued if you think somethings needs to change, we want to hear about it.

This is an opportunity for development and to change lives for the better.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Working with people right at the start of their journey with Social Care. The Hub is the first contact for people with physical health issues, learning disabilities, or for older adults with health problems.

To support in delivering and maintaining high standards of performanceensuring continuous development and supporting people to fulfill their roles to maximum effectiveness within allocated resources.

To work with people to coordinate the identification of their needs, and undertake comprehensive assessments of individuals including those with diverse or complex presentations.

Work with people, including advocates and carers, to develop person-centred SMARTGoals and support plans designed to meet needs in ways that maximises independence, choice and control, and are legal and affordable.

To act as a key worker, ensuring that people have timely assessment, reablement and regular review of their progress and needs.

To work autonomously within the scope of your practice, being accountable for your work, identifying your limitations and seeking support where necessary.

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, participating in the development of services and providing direction and assistance to support workers on the implementation of reablement plans.

To work within the legislative framework, national and local policy and within the philosophy of OT practice.

Document all work in line with legislation and local policy and procedures.

Take an active part in your own supervision and appraisal and to supervise and appraise allocated staff in accordance with the departmental supervision policy and councils appraisal policy.

To be responsible for your continuous professional development, ensuring your practice is up-to-date and evidence based, attending all mandatory training and specialist training where appropriate,

To be responsible for the training of relevant staff and students, including support workers to enable them to keep up to date with and develop practice.

To take a departmental or team lead within a specified area of work as required.

Participate in safeguarding assessments and planning when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with HCPC with a recognised Occupational Therapy qualification.
Safeguarding practice level 1.

Desirable

Safeguarding level 2 & 3.
Practice Education Course.
Supervisory management course.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.