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 recover, achieve goals, and maximise independence. The purpose of the Occupational Therapist role within the Service is to assess the needs of people living with disabilities 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 products to appropriately recommend suitable equipment, assistive technology, and telecare solutions for disabled people, including researching and analysing suitability, cost, safety, and effectiveness.
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 care safely through assessing manual handling, use of equipment to improve safety, and giving advice and guidance to family carers and paid care supervisors.
7. To determine necessary adaptations to clients' homes and arrange for these to be carried out in liaison with professionals from a range of disciplines, advising clients who are having alterations 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 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 systems approach to assessment and assisting people to manage their ongoing support needs, including making appropriate referrals to other professionals and service providers.
11. To 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.
12. To work within a framework of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice; to seek to address equality issues in service provision.
13. To supervise Assistant Practitioners or students, including students of other disciplines as required, and to teach professional skills to relevant departmental staff and external professionals as required.
14. To ensure that any information or signposting is clear and consistent with policy and to be shared with the person in need and family members as appropriate.
15. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post and grade.
KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS
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.
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
1. Experience of working with people with disabilities, including 1:1 work, the identification of needs, and planning and implementing treatment.
2. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and with multiple agencies to facilitate holistic assessments and working collaboratively to support people to achieve their goals and maximise their independence.
3. Experience of using OT-specific assessments and/or strategies to support independence.
4. Experience of undertaking or supporting safeguarding adults investigations and person-centred safeguarding plans.
5. Experience of supervising or otherwise supporting other staff members and students.
APTITUDES, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
1. Assessment skills, including OT-specific assessment, along with risk assessment, to support independence and promote strengths within adults with complex needs.
2. 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.
3. Skilled in establishing and maintaining working relationships with complex clients and their carers in an open, empathetic, and professional manner.
4. Ability to consider and value all aspects of a situation and to make appropriate recommendations, demonstrating a full understanding of high-quality customer care.
5. Ability to communicate effectively and clearly in writing, verbally, and through reports, including the production of high-quality reports with clear recommendations.
6. Computer literacy skills at a level to maintain case records within information management systems and produce high-quality assessments, reviews, and reports.
If you are interested in this role please do reach out to me via email or telephone!
Email: amberrayment@carringtonblakerecruitment.com
Phone: 020 753 766 07
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