Senior Occupational Therapist
Hertfordshire County Council
Location
Hertfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Occupational therapy jobs in Hertfordshire
Can you create a connection with the people you support?
Come and work as an occupational therapist for a trusted employer who will value you and your development.
Occupational therapist
£35,745 a year, progressing to £39,186. Level 10 job profile - Health and social care services
Relocation package, £1,000 welcome payment and lease car (terms apply).
Full-time and part-time available.
Permanent and fixed term contracts available.
Newly qualified occupational therapists – if you have recently completed your occupational therapy degree, you'll be enrolled onto our Supported and Assessed First Year In Employment Programme for Newly Qualified Occupational Therapists (NQOT Programme) with all the benefits and support available for a newly Qualified occupational therapist.
Senior occupational therapist
£40,221 a year, progressing to £44,428. Level 11 job profile - Health and social care services
Relocation package, £1,000 welcome payment and lease car (terms apply).
Full-time and part-time available.
Permanent and fixed term contracts available.
Requirements for the senior role include actively undertaking a specialist role e.g. Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP), Best Interests Assessor (BIA), occupational therapy practice educator, or moving and handling specialist function role. Alternatively, an agreement to undertake at least one of these roles within the first year.
As an Adult Care Services occupational therapist, you'll hold your own caseload and work in partnership with people living in the community across Hertfordshire. You'll undertake a holistic assessment of need to identify person-centred outcomes.
We work in an enabling way with people and their families and carers, to promote independence and participation, through meaningful occupation and a strengths-based approach. Across all our services we aim to ensure that people are provided with the right support and advice, and at the right time.
Our Adult Care Services Connected Lives practice principles are aligned to core occupational therapy values, to connect people to the life they want.
We work collaboratively alongside social care colleagues, as well as with our health partners, housing and care providers, and a range of community support services.
Your role will also include an opportunity to mentor and develop others.
Key aspects
Promote belonging and a strength-based approach to therapy, facilitating active participation in meaningful occupation and activity.
Complete a specialist assessment to identify functional and access needs, and make recommendations for key pieces of equipment and/or housing solutions.
Provide information and advice to enable an individual to confidently and safely participate in their daily life, includes grading of tasks and activities, and adapting the environment.
Provide mentoring, advice, and support to colleagues and contribute to the development of others.
You'll need:
a recognised occupational therapy qualification and be registered with The Health and Care Professions Council
to ensure practice is consistent with The Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ Professional standards for occupational therapy practice, conduct and ethics, and the HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Occupational therapy
knowledge and experience of relevant social care legislation, such as the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005
to be a confident team member with good decision-making skills
the ability to work successfully with partners and other agencies.
Teams with vacancies
Gateway teams
Adult disability team
Older people team
About the role
Our occupational therapists will combine a caseload with mentoring and developing others.
You will:
promote a strength-based approach to therapy, facilitating active participation in meaningful occupation and activity
assess and make recommendations for complex and non-complex pieces of equipment
assist the management team with supervising the day-to-day performance
work alongside community care officers to give guidance with occupational therapy assessment needs
disseminating and coaching best practices to help teams understand changes and improvements.
You will need:
a recognised occupational therapy qualification and be registered with The Health and Care Professions Council
knowledge and experience of relevant social care legislation, such as the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005
to be a confident team player with good decision-making skills
the ability to work successfully with partners and other agencies.
Teams with vacancies
Gateway teams
Adult disability team
Older people team
Career progression
Within Adult Care Services, we have a comprehensive learning and practice development offer and a clear commitment to supporting the development of our staff.
A role here will offer many opportunities to build your experience, skills and knowledge through our learning and development offer, the wealth of practice experience, and guidance and support from your team colleagues, our specialist advisors and practice leads.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding children and adults is of the utmost importance to us. We require employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role needs a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
English fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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£35.75k - £44.43k per annum
