Occupational Therapy Assessment Officer

What will you be doing?

At Kent County Council, Occupational Therapy is viewed as a critical service in enabling people to live their lives in the way that most matters to them. Our community Occupational Therapy Teams are co-located with our in-house enablement services and work alongside our Community Social Work; Adult Social Care Connect and Short-term pathway teams. This gives us the opportunity to work in a co-ordinated, preventative, and creative way to maximise people’s independence.

We currently have opportunity for an Occupational Therapy Assessment Officer to join our East Kent Short Term Pathway team. The role will support the Occupational Therapy led enablement service at Westview Integrated Care Centre in Tenterden. We offer an excellent induction and ongoing training package, to facilitate you to develop and find creative solutions to enhance independence utilising an enablement approach, equipment, adaptations, and techniques with a focus on enablement planning and goal setting with people in a short stay services, thus ensuring that the people we support receive high quality, personalised interventions that genuinely improve lives. The role will involve working in partnership with a variety of agencies including Health to ensure that people are supported in the most effective way to meet their needs and to improve their lives.

You will receive regular supervision from a registered Occupational Therapist and a tailored personal development plan to enable you to develop your career pathway within Kent and be the best that you can be. Kent County Council has excellent opportunities for training and development; you will receive a comprehensive induction and the support and training you need to feel confident and effective in your role.

A flexible working approach is required to support the Short-Term Pathway Team. Provision of technology and equipment to work from all locations will be provided.

Occasionally you will be expected to work outside normal office hours to optimise outcomes for service users and provide a responsive, seamless, multi-disciplinary approach.

The ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

Our offer:

• Starting salary of £29,167
• Full induction and comprehensive professional learning and development programme
• A minimum of 5 days’ training each year
• Excellent Government pension scheme

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews will be held on the 22nd June 2026

About you

For more information please contact: Angela Illing - Operational Manager for OT Services in East Kent.
Tel : 03000 410813 / Email: angela.illing@kent.gov.uk

About us

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.