Job vacancy details
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Employer:London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Reference:ASD/1704
Salary:£27,588 - £29,193
Hours:35 hours per week
Working pattern:Full Time, Permanent position
Location:Gladstone Place, Bow
Closing date:12/12/2008 23:59 PM
Do you have the skills, initiative, and enthusiasm to work with disabled people in their own homes to achieve positive outcomes for their independence and well being ?
Tower Hamlets Integrated Occupational Therapy Services are committed to developing high quality and seamless services that meet our users’ needs across both health and social care.
Tower Hamlets has a rich cultural diversity; from the affluent business centres of Docklands and the City, to the vibrant Bangladeshi community in and around London’s Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets is a progressive and innovative inner city Borough in the heart of East London, and is also one of the host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympics.
Social Care Occupational Therapy Assistants (Permanent)
We are looking for candidates to join our well established and successful Early Intervention Service. You will support qualified Occupational Therapists as well as visiting disabled people in their own homes to complete basic assessments and provide a range of services to meet individual need. Candidates must have previous experience of working with disabled people, be motivated to learn new skills, and be well organised and have an ability to work to well defined targets and prioritise under pressure. Good concise communication skills are essential.
We can offer you :-
Collaborative initiatives between Social Care, Health, and Housing Services
Regular individual and group supervision, and annual appraisal
Extensive internal and external training opportunities
CPD time and support
Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time
Annual lump sum travel allowance payment
Practical Testing Day 7 January 2009
Interview Date 9 January 2009
Equal Opportunities
We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.
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