Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Various
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker, up to 2 days per week in office
Salary: £31,074 - £41,373 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: Various positions
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 18/02/2025
If you are an innovative, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Occupational Therapist (or Occupational Therapy Students nearing the end of your course), please keep on reading as we may have the perfect job for you!
We are currently recruiting to posts within our:
* Reablement team (covering Blaby, Oadby, Wigston and Harborough)
* Reablement team (covering Hinckley and Northwest Leicestershire)
* Single Handed Care Team.
Dependent on skills, abilities and relevant experience, we are recruiting to:
* Level 1 Occupational Therapist: £31,074 to £33,294
* Level 2 Occupational Therapist: £34,350 to £37,950
* Level 3 Occupational Therapist: £38,700 to £41,373
About the Roles
We have a strong team of Occupational Therapists and Community Support Workers who are passionate about supporting both adults and children with disabilities and long-term needs.
* Our Reablement Teams use a strength-based approach to help individuals to live the lives they want. Interventions could include providing information and advice, reablement approaches such as practice of task or alternative techniques, provision of equipment, and arranging major/minor adaptations.
* Within the reablement team of Blaby, Oadby, Wigston and Harborough, we also provide assessments for people within the local prisons.
* The Lightbulb OT team are responsible for complex major adaptations and design innovative schemes which give people access to essential facilities in their home.
* The OT's working in the Single-Handed Care team focus on involving individuals in the physical care they receive to support them to remain at home.
What we offer:
* A varied in-house training programme.
* Participation in OT student education.
* Great team and managerial support.
* A varied caseload.
* Regular supervision, ongoing support and CPD opportunities.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or expect to have completed your course and obtained registration in 2023.
* Have knowledge of occupational therapy methodologies, social care policies such as reablement and asset-based social care, and relevant legislation.
* Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working.
* Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertiveness, and conflict management.
* Be able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
* Have good prioritisation and time management skills.
You will require access to a car to undertake the role. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for those who fall under the Equality Act.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Andy Dengate, Resourcing Co-ordinator
Telephone: 0116 305 0914
Email: andy.dengate@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which warmly welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities.
To apply for this job, please click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
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