Occupational Therapist Level 2 – Adults

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care (Qualified)
Location :Lincolnshire County Council
Hours Per Week :37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time :09:00
End Time :17:00
Salary: £38.00

OT’s required to support with physical disability community enablement service.
Requirements:
• Experience of working with physical disability
• Experience of devising rehabilitation programmes and system of work
• Knowledge of specialist equipment and adaptation
• Willingness to cover half of the County
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary teams
• Willingness to train and work with rehab community assistants to ensure programmes are followed correctly

Please contact Prashant Agrawal – Head of Occupational Therapy for further information regarding this project. Email: [email protected]

Establish therapeutic relationships with people who use services that understand the impact and long term consequences of disability. This may involve collaboration and consultation with colleagues in health and other agencies. Assessing people’s needs including any non-social care needs e.g. housing, health care and work.
Manage a varied and complex caseload with supervision and advice from the Lead Practitioner at a level of complexity appropriate to the post holder’s experience, and professional capability and be accountable for their professional practice.

Undertake assessments on more complex cases in line with the Care Act 2014 to identify care and support needs adopting and promoting a strengths based approach to identifying, outcomes people want to achieve, opportunities for independence and identify solutions.
Identify and assess needs holistically involving service users and carers. Planning and designing innovative solutions to maximise independence of people with disabilities.
Able to work as part of a team offering support and specialist advice to colleagues and acting as a representative of occupation therapists as and when required.

Develop person centred care and support plans which promote independence, rehabilitation and take due regard for the health and safety of people using services, informal carers and care workers.
Supervise up to four non-registered social care practitioners (e.g. Equipment and Adaptations Officers or Moving and Handling Review Officers), including planning, allocation and checking of work including setting targets, dealing with day to day capability and conduct issues/ providing basic staff welfare and support/ identify training needs.
Supervise / mentor students or act as Practice Educator, where appropriate to Occupational Therapy students and mentor newly qualified OT’s undertaking the preceptorship programme.
Undertake moving and handling risk assessments according to the Moving and Handling policy, ensuring that the outcomes are appropriately recorded and the risks managed.
Able to present cases in appropriate, suitable and concise manner and undertake the tasks required following the decision in a manner which assists progress and contributes to the positive reputation of the Directorate.
Work in partnership with Agencies in relation to discharge, joint working, recommending services be provided by other agencies and establishment of joint care packages.

Ensure case files and records are accurate in line with Directorate policies and
procedures.
To work within and act in accordance with Lincolnshire County Council Adult Care policies and procedures including Lincolnshire’s Safeguarding policies and Procedures.

Professional Occupational Therapy qualification e.g. Diploma or Degree in occupational therapy
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Current HCPC occupational therapy
registration. 
Minimum of 2 years post qualification
practice experience. A 
Demonstrable commitment to continuous
professional development. 
Ability to enable and support the professional development of colleagues through supervision and mentoring
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Enhanced knowledge of relevant legislation underpinning statutory adult care practice and occupational therapy.
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Demonstrate values that promote wellbeing, challenge oppression and discriminations and empower people to live well.
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Working knowledge of occupational therapy theory and research and its application to practice.
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Interpersonal, verbal and written
communication skills. 
Analytical assessment skills.
Knowledge of disability issues.
The ability to work autonomously in
identifying and addressing need and risk. I
Ability to work as part of a team, learning from and contributing to the development of others.
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Organisational and administrative skills necessary for managing a more complex caseload.
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Ability to co-ordinate the review of service provision against identified needs.
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Ability to secure change in practice through constructively challenging individuals and services.
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Ability to promote the social inclusion of
adults and families you work with. I 
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English.