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.
Southwark council is committed to supporting vulnerable adults to achieve independence
and social inclusion via personal budgets, self-directed support, and provision of suitable
accommodation. The post holder is expected to provide a proactive approach which
encompasses these goals and sets out to achieve these aims.
The post holder will be expected to expand their specialist knowledge and skill relating to:
• Assessment of people with complex disabilities
• Disability equipment and moving and handling techniques and equipment
• Housing adaptations
• Assistive technologies
• Safeguarding
The post holder will be responsible to a senior member of the team with clinical support
available from a senior OT or OT Team Manager. They will seek advice where referrals
involve policy decisions, or where the post holder requires support with complex problems.
The post holder may have formal supervisory responsibility for Assistant Practitioners and
will be expected to offer guidance to students and new members of staff joining the service.
Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Essential
How
assessed
1. HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with at least one
recognised OT qualification
2. Knowledge of current and proposed legislation, policy and
guidance in relation to community care in general
3. Knowledge of OT theory, specialist assessments and
interventions
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
6. Qualified Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) /
Approved Mental Capacity Professional (AMCP) or Best
Interest Assessor (BIA) or willingness to train
Experience:
7. Experience of working with people with disabilities,
including 1:1 work, the identification of needs and planning
and implementing treatment
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
9. Experience of using OT specific assessments and/or
strategies to support independence
10. Experience of undertaking or supporting safeguarding
adult’s investigations and person centred safeguarding
plans
11. Experience of supervising or otherwise supporting other
staff members and students
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
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
14. Skilled in establishing and maintaining working relationships
with complex clients and their carers in an open, empathetic
and professional manner.
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
16. Ability to communicate effectively and clearly in writing,
verbally and through reports. This includes the production
of high quality reports with clear recommendations.
17. Computer literacy skills at a level to maintain case records
within information management systems and produce high
quality assessments, reviews and reports
