Hertfordshire (On-Site)
Permanent
£41,511 opportunity to progress to £45,718 per annum – pay award pending + £1000 welcome payment, lease car & relocation - terms apply
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- Job Number
- HCC28031
- Location
- Hertfordshire
- Directorate
- Adult Care Services
- Salary Range
- £41,511 opportunity to progress to £45,718 per annum – pay award pending + £1000 welcome payment, lease car & relocation - terms apply
- Contract Type
- Permanent/Fixed Term
- Full Time/Part Time
- Full time/ Part time
Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist
Starting Salary: £41,511 opportunity to progress to £45,718 per annum – pay award pending + £1000 welcome payment, lease car & relocation - terms apply
Hours: 37
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services
About the team
Housing Solutions – Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, 37 hours
the Housing Solutions team offer specialist assessment across Hertfordshire for major housing adaptations. The team has a blend of community based Occupational Therapists and Community Care Officer Trusted Assessors who complete specialist housing needs assessments to identify major adaptation solutions to enable a person to have better access to the facilities within their homes.
We explore personal strengths, their family and friends’ support networks, and using expert knowledge we connect people with things that will help individuals and families to get on with their lives, achieving prevention, reducing or delaying the need for statutory provision of care services.
Enablement Team – Farnham House, Stevenage – 37 hours
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. The 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 OTs to focus solely on their OT interventions.
Adult Disability Team West
St Albans Team – Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, 37 hours
We work in an enabling way with people and their families and carers, to promote independence and participation, through meaningful occupation and a strengths-based approach. Across all our services we aim to ensure that people are provided with the right support and advice, and at the right time.
We work collaboratively alongside social care colleagues, as well as with our health partners, housing and care providers, and a range of community support services.
About the role
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
Specific to Housing Solutions:
- Completing complex assessments and making recommendations for major housing adaptations
- Care planning and organising equipment for minor adaptations
Specific to Enablement Team:
- 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
- Experienced 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 HSC, level JF11 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 for an informal discussion about the role.
Applications will be considered as an when received and interviews arranged accordingly
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.