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Occupational Therapists (Adult Social Care)

Job details
Posting date: 11 September 2024
Salary: £37,176.00 to £42,477.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 10 October 2024
Location: Bexleyheath, Kent
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: London Borough of Bexley
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 001327

Summary

About Us


Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.



We have an established Occupational Therapy Team who work across several services. We have regular CPD sessions, opportunities to supervise students, great training opportunities and an excellent supervision structure.

About the Role


We have a number of exciting opportunities for Occupational Therapists to work in our Reablement team, Moving and Handling team and Integrated Triage hub.



Please refer to the Job Description for more information.



We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document.


Candidate Profile


You will need to have a degree in Occupational Therapy to apply for this post.



For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description.



Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)



This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. 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 sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.



The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

Additional Information



As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.