INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE
We have an exciting opportunity for a hard working and enthusiastic professional to join our Occupational Therapy (Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment) team.
In this role, you will be working with people experiencing disability which affects their daily living activities and you will provide an assessment service to determine any needs, having visited individuals in either their home or other community setting as required.
In order to be successful in this role, you will have the ability to gather, select and analyse information to support your assessment decisions and you will be able to identify the underlying cause of any functional difficulty.
This will require you to provide equipment and/or adaptations as a direct solution to the need or refer onto other statutory or voluntary services.
You should have the ability to work autonomously and to tight timescales and be able demonstrate responsibility for your own learning needs.
You should have an HNC in Occupational Therapy Support or be willing to work towards gaining this qualification.
Supervision and peer support will be provided regularly
When completing the application question for this post, please answer the following questions:
1. Why do you want to work for South Lanarkshire health and social care partnership?
2. Please study the job profile and detail the knowledge, skills and experience you hold that would make you a suitable candidate for the post of an Occupational Therapist Assistant.
3. The role involves working as part of a team. Please provide details of a time when you worked as part of the team to complete a task. Explain what role you played?
4. Partnership working is an important part of the job, provide an example where you worked in partnership to improve outcomes for an individual.
5. Part of the role will involve managing competing demands. Explain how have you managed demands and prioritised your work?
Hours: 17.5 per week
Vacancy: Permanent
Salary: £17, - £18,
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This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act,. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and adults.