Occupational Therapist – Local Authority
Liquid PersonnelStoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom · Posted 1 day agoDescription
Liquid Personnel is recruiting for experienced Locum Occupational Therapists to join its client's Local Authority Adult Social Care service in Stoke-on-Trent.
This is an excellent opportunity for an OT with Adult Social Care, community or complex care experience, supporting the service to review high-cost care packages, assess functional needs and identify opportunities to maximise independence while delivering safe, proportionate care.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Complete comprehensive Occupational Therapy and functional assessments for adults receiving home care support
- Assess complex double-up care packages, reviewing whether current levels of support remain appropriate based on functional ability, risk and independence
- Identify opportunities to reduce or adapt care provision safely while maintaining positive outcomes for service users
- Complete moving and handling and functional assessments, considering appropriate equipment, techniques and levels of assistance
- Work closely with service users, carers, care providers and wider Adult Social Care colleagues to develop proportionate support arrangements
- Make evidence-based recommendations that promote independence and reduce unnecessary reliance on formal care
- Manage a caseload effectively and complete assessments within required timescales
- Maintain accurate and timely records, ensuring recommendations are clearly documented and defensible
- Work flexibly to meet service requirements, including occasional early starts and late finishes to accommodate care calls
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to contribute towards service priorities and delivery of savings within the home care budget
Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm
Working Pattern: On-site presence required, with occasional early starts/late finishes to accommodate care calls
Benefits: Know someone who'd be a great fit? Refer them to us and ask about our referral bonus!
Qualifications & Experience:
- Occupational Therapy qualification and HCPC registration
- Previous experience within Adult Social Care, community OT or a similar setting
- Experience completing functional and moving & handling assessments
- Confidence assessing complex care packages and identifying opportunities to promote independence
- Strong communication, professional judgement and decision-making skills
- Ability to work effectively with service users, carers and care providers
- Candidates must be comfortable with on-site working
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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