Senior Enablement Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Senior Enablement Occupational Therapist
Starting Salary: £42,839 - £47,181 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

£1000 welcome payment, relocation package & lease car scheme* terms apply

About the team

The Enablement Occupational Therapy Team provide support to older people and adults with a disability. We promote personalisation through our assessment process, focusing on the wellbeing of the individual.

Our Enablement Occupational Therapists deliver enabling programmes. Their input is time-limited, with intervention generally between 4 -6 weeks, this can be extended up to 12weeks where identified goals require this. The care management is completed externally to the enablement team allowing our Occupational Therapists to focus solely on their Occupational Therapy interventions.

About the role

• Working collaboratively with other partners and teams within Adult Care Services
• Developing innovative support plans
• Promote and support strength based assessment and practice approach to all interventions to maximise independence, health and well being to prevent or reduce the need for Adult Social Care
• Working creatively with residents to ensure their safety and independence
• Raising awareness in the area and developing valuable links for the team
• Supporting other Therapists and Community Care Officers
• Provide information and advice to enable an individual to confidently and safely participate in their daily life, includes grading of tasks and activities and adapting their environments
• You will undertake a specialism eg Moving and Handling, BiA, AMP or Occupational Therapy practice educator
• Designing personalised programmes that enable, and encourage the individual to relearn skills and regain abilities.
• Reviews of moving and handling, provision of specialist equipment, & minor adaptations to support identified goals.
• Supporting people in the community and on discharge pathways from acute hospital settings

About you

Essential:

• HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist
• Full driving licence and regular access to a vehicle
• 2 years post qualifying experience as an Occupational Therapist
• Knowledge and experience in social care sector
• Experience of completing assessments and making recommendations
• Ability to work on your own as well as part of a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of Care Act 2014
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act 2005

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC11 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Health and social care

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Sheryl.Jeram@hertfordshire.gov.uk

This is an ongoing advert, applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as and when.

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.