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Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 29 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,945 to £38,223 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2024 |
| Location: | Hereford, Midlands, HR40LE |
| Company: | Hoople Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 53781254 |
Summary
About The Role
Job Title : Occupational Therapist, Independent Living Services
Employment Term : Permanent
Location : Hereford South, City, North and Duty Teams
Hours : Full & part time positions available
Salary : HC08 (£33,945 - £38,223 pro rota) - Plus £4,000 Market Forces supplement payable until 31.03.25.
Closing date : 18.08.2024
Interview : 04.09.2024
The role:
Herefordshire Council’s Independent Living Service is recruiting qualified, HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our friendly team of Occupational Therapists, Technology enabled living assessors and Occupational Therapy Assistants. We are seeking motivated, committed individuals with sound working knowledge of community occupational therapy services and social care provision. We offer a range of working benefits and have both full and part time positions available, based within our Independent Living Services Duty and Locality teams.
Independent Living Service Occupational Therapists work in partnership with adults, their families and care givers when illness or medical conditions restrict a person's ability to participate in ordinary, everyday activities. The role is about enablement: facilitating increased engagement and independence, providing individuals’ with opportunities, choice and control over the management of their day-to-day activities, health and wellbeing. We work in a person’s own home and local environment providing bespoke interventions, information and advice and facilitate the provision of aids to daily living, adaptations, dignity with moving & handling, specialist community equipment and technology enabled living.
As a registered Occupational Therapist you will work as part of a wider team with scope to practice with a diverse service user group & within a variety of rural, town, village & city settings. You will be required to maintain a varied caseload, undertake functional, social and environmental assessments and support the supervision of junior staff. You will need strong interpersonal, communication & organisational skills and be committed to ongoing professional, service and personal development, contributing to team building and continuous service improvement.
Herefordshire Council Occupational Therapists work in collaboration with social care, health, housing professionals & outside agencies. Herefordshire Council Occupational Therapists work with adults of any age and medical condition. Maintaining professional standards and compliance with applied legislation activity analysis is utilised to carefully plan, monitor & effect necessary change. Working with adults of any age and medical condition, identifying risks and barriers to independence, establishing a persons’ strengths, motivations and independent capabilities, we create meaningful, personalised programmes to qualify access to available services and support.
Support available
For those of you interested in Community Occupational Therapy within social care, we can offer opportunities to focus on Moving and Handling, Technology Enabled Living, Community Equipment and Housing Adaptations. Our Independent Living Services Duty and Locality teams have established senior practitioners who provide day-to-day mentoring and support with processes & practice direction. Formal supervisions are held monthly in addition to annual performance appraisals & ongoing individualised professional development programs to enhance skill acquisition, knowledge & professional application.
All our Occupational Therapists are encouraged to engage in team and professional discussion, participate in workshops, audit, research & development, access virtual and practical training, mandatory compliance courses and experiential learning. Herefordshire Council has established post-graduate training - 1st year supported practice - pre and post-qualifying external courses: Occupational Therapy Degree apprenticeships, ILM leadership and management training. We welcome applications from both newly registered and post qualified Occupational Therapists.
If you are looking at the next stage of your career, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional skills, specialism and broaden your horizons.
To apply, please submit your CV along with a supporting statement, referring to the job description and person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role. If you would like to arrange an informal discussion with Nicola Carlyle, Interim Service Manager, Independent Living Services please contact CWrecruitment@herefordshire.gov.uk
Please note that only shortlisted candidates who meet all essential criteria will be contacted. If you would like to obtain details regarding feedback on your application please contact Hoople Resourcing at: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk
We Offer
• A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
• Starting Salary of £33,945
• Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
• Generous relocation package for eligible candidates
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum with line manager approval.
• Flexible working: flexi-leave/toil, full and part-time hours, hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.
Why Choose Us?
You will probably have heard a lot about how beautiful it is in terms of countryside and open spaces (and it is!) but there is so much more going on here, including world-class cultural assets like the Mappa Mundi, vibrant theatres and a thriving food and drink sector.
One of Herefordshire’s biggest assets is the strong and diverse communities. Our Talk Community approach brings that together supporting people to help themselves, encouraging them to help their communities and identifying how communities can help individuals. Our ambitious transformation programme aims to further build on this to offer an all-age approach. We’re excited about the potential of what we can achieve for the benefit of all residents of Herefordshire, stronger together and building brighter futures.
To find out more about what it’s like to live, work and thrive at Herefordshire Council please visit our dedicated recruitment website: www.spiritofherefordshire.com.
Reasonable Adjustments
We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk.
Creating an inclusive workplace
Employee Network Groups play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council. Embedded in the Council's values is a commitment to listen to people's views and needs.
Employee Network Groups are a collective of colleagues who often share identities, life experiences or cultures and who come together to initiate positive change in their work place. Our groups include: Black and Asian Staff Networking Group, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Climate and Nature Emergency, Diff-abilities and Armed Forces/ Veterans. For more information on our Employee Network Groups please click here.
How to apply
To apply for a position, please upload an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement demonstrating your experience, skills and abilities for the role. If you are successfully shortlisted, Hoople Resourcing will contact you via email to arrange your interview and/or assessment. They will confirm the date, time and location of your interview, so please keep an eye on your email inbox. Good luck, we’re looking forward to meeting you!
Community Wellbeing is connecting and belonging to the place where you live, feeling safe and having pride in your community.
We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond. Therefore, we take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Herefordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks.
Stronger Together, Building brighter futures
Job Title : Occupational Therapist, Independent Living Services
Employment Term : Permanent
Location : Hereford South, City, North and Duty Teams
Hours : Full & part time positions available
Salary : HC08 (£33,945 - £38,223 pro rota) - Plus £4,000 Market Forces supplement payable until 31.03.25.
Closing date : 18.08.2024
Interview : 04.09.2024
The role:
Herefordshire Council’s Independent Living Service is recruiting qualified, HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our friendly team of Occupational Therapists, Technology enabled living assessors and Occupational Therapy Assistants. We are seeking motivated, committed individuals with sound working knowledge of community occupational therapy services and social care provision. We offer a range of working benefits and have both full and part time positions available, based within our Independent Living Services Duty and Locality teams.
Independent Living Service Occupational Therapists work in partnership with adults, their families and care givers when illness or medical conditions restrict a person's ability to participate in ordinary, everyday activities. The role is about enablement: facilitating increased engagement and independence, providing individuals’ with opportunities, choice and control over the management of their day-to-day activities, health and wellbeing. We work in a person’s own home and local environment providing bespoke interventions, information and advice and facilitate the provision of aids to daily living, adaptations, dignity with moving & handling, specialist community equipment and technology enabled living.
As a registered Occupational Therapist you will work as part of a wider team with scope to practice with a diverse service user group & within a variety of rural, town, village & city settings. You will be required to maintain a varied caseload, undertake functional, social and environmental assessments and support the supervision of junior staff. You will need strong interpersonal, communication & organisational skills and be committed to ongoing professional, service and personal development, contributing to team building and continuous service improvement.
Herefordshire Council Occupational Therapists work in collaboration with social care, health, housing professionals & outside agencies. Herefordshire Council Occupational Therapists work with adults of any age and medical condition. Maintaining professional standards and compliance with applied legislation activity analysis is utilised to carefully plan, monitor & effect necessary change. Working with adults of any age and medical condition, identifying risks and barriers to independence, establishing a persons’ strengths, motivations and independent capabilities, we create meaningful, personalised programmes to qualify access to available services and support.
Support available
For those of you interested in Community Occupational Therapy within social care, we can offer opportunities to focus on Moving and Handling, Technology Enabled Living, Community Equipment and Housing Adaptations. Our Independent Living Services Duty and Locality teams have established senior practitioners who provide day-to-day mentoring and support with processes & practice direction. Formal supervisions are held monthly in addition to annual performance appraisals & ongoing individualised professional development programs to enhance skill acquisition, knowledge & professional application.
All our Occupational Therapists are encouraged to engage in team and professional discussion, participate in workshops, audit, research & development, access virtual and practical training, mandatory compliance courses and experiential learning. Herefordshire Council has established post-graduate training - 1st year supported practice - pre and post-qualifying external courses: Occupational Therapy Degree apprenticeships, ILM leadership and management training. We welcome applications from both newly registered and post qualified Occupational Therapists.
If you are looking at the next stage of your career, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional skills, specialism and broaden your horizons.
To apply, please submit your CV along with a supporting statement, referring to the job description and person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role. If you would like to arrange an informal discussion with Nicola Carlyle, Interim Service Manager, Independent Living Services please contact CWrecruitment@herefordshire.gov.uk
Please note that only shortlisted candidates who meet all essential criteria will be contacted. If you would like to obtain details regarding feedback on your application please contact Hoople Resourcing at: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk
We Offer
• A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
• Starting Salary of £33,945
• Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
• Generous relocation package for eligible candidates
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum with line manager approval.
• Flexible working: flexi-leave/toil, full and part-time hours, hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.
Why Choose Us?
You will probably have heard a lot about how beautiful it is in terms of countryside and open spaces (and it is!) but there is so much more going on here, including world-class cultural assets like the Mappa Mundi, vibrant theatres and a thriving food and drink sector.
One of Herefordshire’s biggest assets is the strong and diverse communities. Our Talk Community approach brings that together supporting people to help themselves, encouraging them to help their communities and identifying how communities can help individuals. Our ambitious transformation programme aims to further build on this to offer an all-age approach. We’re excited about the potential of what we can achieve for the benefit of all residents of Herefordshire, stronger together and building brighter futures.
To find out more about what it’s like to live, work and thrive at Herefordshire Council please visit our dedicated recruitment website: www.spiritofherefordshire.com.
Reasonable Adjustments
We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk.
Creating an inclusive workplace
Employee Network Groups play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council. Embedded in the Council's values is a commitment to listen to people's views and needs.
Employee Network Groups are a collective of colleagues who often share identities, life experiences or cultures and who come together to initiate positive change in their work place. Our groups include: Black and Asian Staff Networking Group, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Climate and Nature Emergency, Diff-abilities and Armed Forces/ Veterans. For more information on our Employee Network Groups please click here.
How to apply
To apply for a position, please upload an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement demonstrating your experience, skills and abilities for the role. If you are successfully shortlisted, Hoople Resourcing will contact you via email to arrange your interview and/or assessment. They will confirm the date, time and location of your interview, so please keep an eye on your email inbox. Good luck, we’re looking forward to meeting you!
Community Wellbeing is connecting and belonging to the place where you live, feeling safe and having pride in your community.
We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond. Therefore, we take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Herefordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks.
Stronger Together, Building brighter futures
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