Experienced Occupational Therapist

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Job title: Experienced Occupational Therapist

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Location: 2 Alice Square, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH412YA,Wirral MBC

Hours per week: 36

Salary £29.51 per hour

Social Work England Registration and Enhanced DBS Required

2 days remote, 3 days in the office

Locum Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care Equipment and Adaptations - Wirral Council Seeking an experienced, HCPC registered OT who has worked with adults in a community or social care setting to join our ASC Team. The role: Support adults to remain safe and independent at home - assessment and provision of equipment and major adaptations - work collaboratively with residents, families, carers and other professionals - identify practical solutions - promote independence - reduce risk.

Purpose

The post holder will support the Occupational Therapy Service to meet its statutory duties within the local authority to assess people’s needs under the Care Act, providing high quality and specialist assessments to people in the community, promoting recovery and independence, reduce and manage risks, preventing deterioration of needs, assess, monitor and review as required, multifaceted changing needs and progressive conditions.

To support needs and meet outcomes for people, enable provision of solutions to aid function, and to enable carers in their role, to meet longer term and developing needs and multiple needs management, working alongside social care and health colleagues to ensure all needs are met and managed.

To have excellent assessment, problem solving, risk management and manual handling skills and ensure continued professional development.

Role Specific Knowledge, Experience And Skills

Qualifications

essential

• Occupational Therapy qualification - Degree in Occupational Therapy

• Be registered with the HCPC and able to evidence this.

• Evidence of continuing professional development in line with the College of Occupational Therapists’ guidance.

• Required to attend or have relevant post-qualifying/vocational training courses.

• Required to undertake the Practice Placement Educators award under the College of Occupational Therapists’ Accreditation of Practice Placement Educators scheme.

• Desirable - Further post graduate training masters in OT or another relevant knowledge

• Desirable - Qualification in manual handling or moving with dignity training.

Knowledge & Skills

• Able to demonstrate practice that supports the core principles of the College of Occupational Therapists, HCPC code of conduct.

• Experience of working and leading in a multi-agency team.

• Knowledge of current legislation relevant to the Service Area, including:

o Care Act 2014

o Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

o Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Disabled Facilities Grant)

o Disabled person’s Parking Badges Act 2013 (Blue Badge)

o Carers (Recognition of Services) Act 1995

o Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 (Moving and Handling)

o Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Moving and Handling)

o Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)

o Disability Discrimination Act 1995

o Safeguarding

• Comply with legal requirements and local policies in relation to confidentiality, data protection and service user access.

• Excellent and effective communication skills verbally, in writing and use of none verbal and other methods to communicate with a range of people with cognitive, visual impairment, hearing loss or speech needs, including families and professionals.

• Able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills.

• Awareness of current practice issues, local and national challenges facing Occupational Therapists.

• Commitment to practice in a non-discriminatory manner, treating individuals with equality and fairness.

• Able to work with individuals, families, carers/carer groups, irrespective of their circumstances and background and deliver excellent customer service.

• Demonstrate appropriate IT skills e.g. use of Microsoft Office

• Desirable – Training qualification in manual handling

• Desirable – Training qualification in Blue Badge assessment and DfT guidance

Experience

• Experience of arranging the provision of specialist Equipment and Major Adaptations.

• Experience of working with partner agencies in a professional capacity to achieve positive outcomes for people.

• Working and leading in a multi-agency team.

• Able to demonstrate experience across a range of statutory work including specialist assessments such as Seating, Moving and Handling and major adaptations.

• Experience of working with people who have a range of needs, including advanced stages of progressive conditions, and including families and carers.

• Desirable - Experience of working in a Local Authority setting.

Additional Information

Ability to travel across the Borough and work from various locations.

Work hybrid, with a flexible working approach to accommodate service needs.

Expected to work from a fixed location (subject to change).

On occasion, able to work outside traditional hours, of a weekend and evening as required, adopting a flexible working approach in response to business requirements.

Health & Safety Considerations:

• Moving or handling heavy loads

• Working in a confined space

• Lone working

• Work with VDUs (Video Display Unit) (>5hrs per week)

• Vocational Driving

• Contact with latex

• Exposure to persons with challenging or aggressive behaviour