Occupational Therapist ( Project )

Job Description

Job Category : Social & Health Care Qualified
Location : Queens Road 1, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £22.83
Intermediate Care Southwark (ICS) is looking to recruit an experienced Occupational Therapist to join. ICS is a large, forward thinking multi-disciplinary and integrated health and social care service. The service provides support to residents within Southwark to recovery, achieve goals and maximise independence as they recover. We would like candidates ideally that have experience in working in a Reablement service.

The post is to cover a full time 36 hour post during a permanent member of staff’s secondment.

Please note that this role requires candidate to be largely office based.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To provide an occupational therapist service within a multi-disciplinary team carrying out
assessments to meet the principles of the Care Act 2014. Using a person centred and
strengths based approach, the aim is to prevent, reduce and delay needs and to improve
the adult’s wellbeing.
The purpose of the Occupational Therapist role within the Service is to assess the needs of
people living with disability and deliver OT interventions which improve wellbeing and quality
of life, maximising independence and supporting carers.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. To visit people with a disability at home or in their permanent residence to carry out
occupational therapy assessments. This will include the use of appropriate
assessment and intervention tools that support best practice and capture the physical

and social care needs. Such as daily living skills, carer support, social situation and
environmental barriers
2. To ensure those accessing the service, including families and carers, are at the
centre of decision making regarding their support arrangements and that
opportunities for choice and control, including the outcomes they want, are optimised
and reflected in assessments and reviews.
3. To maintain a comprehensive knowledge of commercially available produce or order
to appropriately recommend the provision of suitable equipment, assistive technology
and telecare solutions for disabled people. This includes researching and analysing
the suitability, cost, safety and effectiveness of equipment and adaptations.4. To follow through the provision of equipment, assistive technology and telecare, fitting
this where necessary, and teaching techniques of use to clients, carers and other
relevant professionals.
5. To promote access to paid employment, training, rehabilitation, social and leisure
opportunities as part of promoting each person’s independence and social inclusion,
and to work with local and community groups to make them welcoming and
accessible
6. To ensure that family and paid carers can offer personal carer safely through
assessing manual handling, use of equipment to improve safety and giving advice
and guidance to family carers and pad care supervisors.
7. To determine necessary adaptations to clients homes and arrange or these to be
carried out in liaison with professionals from a range of disciplines. To advise clients
who are having alternations done privately.
8. To monitor and respond to clients’ needs in changing circumstances, including
anticipating and responding to the effects of certain degenerative medical conditions.
9. To assess client’s needs for rehousing on disability grounds (including to sheltered
housing or part III accommodation), advising on the availability of suitable
property/accommodation.
10. To work across agencies and professional boundaries to ensure a whole system
approach to assessment and assisting people to manage their ongoing support
needs. This includes making appropriate referrals to other professionals and service
providers and to advise Departments residential and day care units. To support the
assessment of new users and implementation of individual programme plans, that
promote wellbeing and ensure maintenance of clients’ quality of life.
11. Maintain the Directorate’s records by recording assessments and other data
accordingly ensuring that all data entered meets the relevant and stated levels of
accuracy, quality and timeliness required.

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Essential
(E)
How
assessed
(S/ I/ T)
1. HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with at least one
recognised OT qualification E S
2. Knowledge of current and proposed legislation, policy and
guidance in relation to community care in general E I
3. Knowledge of OT theory, specialist assessments and
interventions E S/I
4. Knowledge and understanding of wellbeing principles,
strengths based- and rehabilitative practice E I
5. Knowledge of the principles of equal opportunities, anti-
discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice in assessment
and the provision of services
E I
6. Qualified Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) /
Approved Mental Capacity Professional (AMCP) or Best
Interest Assessor (BIA) or willingness to train
E S
Experience:
7. Experience of working with people with disabilities,
including 1:1 work, the identification of needs and planning
and implementing treatment
E S/I
8. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and with
multiple agencies to facilities holistic assessments and
working collaboratively to support people to achieve their
goals and maximise their independence
E S/I9. Experience of using OT specific assessments and/or
strategies to support independence E I
10. Experience of undertaking or supporting safeguarding
adult’s investigations and person centred safeguarding
plans
E I
11. Experience of supervising or otherwise supporting other
staff members and students E I
Aptitudes, Skills & Competencies:
12. Assessment skills, including OT specific assessment, along
with risk assessment, to support independence and
promoting strengths within adults with complex needs
E I
13. Ability to assess and review needs with reference to the Care
Act 2014, including current care support and care plans and
make changes to reflect needs
E I
14. Skilled in establishing and maintaining working relationships
with complex clients and their carers in an open, empathetic
and professional manner.
E I

15. Ability to consider and value all aspects of a situation and to
make appropriate recommendations, demonstrating a full
understanding of high quality customer care
E S/I

16. Ability to communicate effectively and clearly in writing,
verbally and through reports. This includes the production
of high quality reports with clear recommendations. E I/T

17. Computer literacy skills at a level to maintain case records
within information management systems and produce high
quality assessments, reviews and reports