Occupational Therapist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Cwmni: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6097 |
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Home working and bases at County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA, Coalville, & Bassett Street, Wigston
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker, up to 2 days per week in office
Salary: £32,070 - £42,699 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 30 Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 26th September 2025
If you are an innovative, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Occupational Therapist (or Occupational Therapy Students nearing the end of your course) and have a passion for developing your knowledge and skills around home adaptations, to improve the lives of disabled adults and children across the County please keep on reading as we may have the perfect job for you!
We are currently recruiting for the following post:
- Occupational Therapist Adults & Children – Lightbulb Team – County Wide (30 Hours Per Week, Permanent)
Dependent on skills, abilities and relevant experience, we are recruiting to:
- Level 1 Occupational Therapist: £32,070 to £34,359
- Level 2 Occupational Therapist: £35,451 to £39,165
- Level 3 Occupational Therapist: £39,939 to £42,699 (Level 3 OT attracts a market premia supplement of £3,300 per annum pro-rata)
About the Roles
We have a strong team of Occupational Therapists and Community Support Workers across our OT service who are passionate about supporting both adults and children with disabilities and long-term needs.
- The Lightbulb Occupational Therapy team at LCC are responsible for assessing for complex major adaptations, and design innovative schemes which give people access to essential facilities in their home. They work closely with housing officers within the Leicestershire Lightbulb service to progress schemes from design to completion. We are a county wide service for both adults and children with a strong team of experienced Occupational Therapists.
What we offer:
- A varied in-house training programme.
- Participation in OT student education.
- Great team and managerial support.
- A varied caseload.
- Regular supervision, on-going support and CPD opportunities.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or expect to have completed your course and obtained registration in 2025.
- Have knowledge of occupational therapy methodologies and social care policies. This includes, reablement and asset based social care, and relevant legislation such as The Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children’s Act and in particularly The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) which relates to Disabled facilities Grants (DFG’s).
- Have knowledge/awareness of major home adaptations for people with disabilities.
- Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
- Have experience of partnership working with citizens to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
- Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertive and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships and able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
- Have good prioritisation and time management skills.
We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
You will require access to a car to undertake the role. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for those who fall under the Equality Act.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Chelbie Shepherd, Resourcing Co-ordinator
Telephone: 0116 305 5973
Email: chelbie.shepherd@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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