Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care
| Posting date: | 13 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £17.53 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | STOCKTON ON TEES, TS19 8RH |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Stockton on Tees 1004158414901205 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Temporary Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care
Reference no: Stockton on Tees 1004158414901205
Pay rate: £17.53 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
City: STOCKTON ON TEES
Enhanced DBS required for this role
An Occupational Therapist is required to work alongside an integrated Occupational Therapy Team within an infrastructure of preventative services and deliver community-based occupational therapy assessments of need and interventions for adults with a wide range of disabilities. Recommend equipment, adaptations and therapeutic interventions to maximise independence and safety at home and/or their community environments.
Key responsibilities:
Undertake complex functional assessments within clients’ homes/other community settings, recommend adaptations and equipment, device rehabilitation plans, and complete blue badge/bus pass assessments.
Expected to work flexibly across key partner teams of the Early Intervention & Prevention Department of the Council.
Recommend and arrange provision of equipment and home environmental adaptations.
Carry out moving and handling risk assessments and arrange provision of moving and handling equipment.
Recommend and plan appropriate therapeutic interventions to enable clients to remain at home for as long as possible and maintain/improve their functional abilities.
Provide advice and education to residential and day care staff on equipment, adaptations, and therapeutic interventions required to support adults with day to day activities.
Undertake Blue Badge, Buss Pass assessments and, if required, assessment with the local Prison facility.
Navigate clients within the infrastructure of local voluntary and independent sector services.
Student education, supervision of therapy support staff, and contributing to service development are key parts of this role.
Ability for independent travel required.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
BSc Occupational Therapy Qualification.
HCPC registered.
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience as an Occupational Therapist of working with disabled adults.
Experience of moving and handling risk assessment.
Experience of functional assessments in clients’ homes and community settings.
Experience of working in teams as well as autonomously.
Experience in multidisciplinary working.
Experience of supervision of therapy support staff.
Knowledge:
Working knowledge of moving and handling risk assessment, seating posture assessments, and ability to navigate clients through the local infrastructure of NHS, voluntary and independent sector services.
Knowledge of roles and responsibilities of Occupational Therapists in the community.
Knowledge of current legislation.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to plan and prioritise a busy case load.
Ability to undertake functional assessments of adults with disabilities.
Ability to work within the multi-disciplinary environment of a Social Care setting and key partners.
Ability to supervise Therapy Assistant/Support Staff.
Ability to deliver student education during fieldwork placement.
High level of inter-personal skills.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Advanced level of IT skills and use of Microsoft Office package – MS Teams, excel, outlook, word, electronic record keeping database, and other case management platforms.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Job Ref: Stockton on Tees 1004158414901205
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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