We have a client in South Tyneside who is recruiting for an Interim Principal Occupational Therapist to manage their Independent Living Service.
The Independent Living Service comprises Occupational Therapy, Disability Housing Team, and In-House Community Equipment Service.
This role will play a key part in their journey to excellence, ensuring continuous improvement and embedding good practice standards. This role will be full-time and will be paid on an hourly rate, via an umbrella company - £39.85.
Key responsibilities include:
* Providing expert professional advice on complex cases and operational management, as directed by the Head of Service, ensuring work is allocated and scheduled appropriately and that the team completes all work on time and to the required standards.
* Ensuring that people, their families, and carers are listened to, encouraging reflective practice and a shared ownership of decision making.
* Leading effective performance management and quality assurance arrangements for the team to ensure high-quality practice and that team performance contributes to the wider Adult Social Care performance agenda.
* Observing occupational therapists in practice and providing feedback through quality audit and supervision frameworks within the service.
* Providing regular practice reflection and supervision to colleagues and practitioners as required.
* Ensuring that appropriate information, advice, and guidance is available to people, their families, and carers who may not be eligible for services to prevent, reduce, and delay future needs in the service.
What the candidate will need:
* Be a Qualified Occupational Therapist and registered with the HCPC.
* Demonstrate extensive management and operational experience.
* Experience of safeguarding frameworks, processes, and procedures, as well as undertaking safeguarding enquiries and managing complex cases.
* Good working knowledge, understanding, and application of the Care Act and applying preventative and self-serve options to meet needs.
* Knowledge and understanding of other relevant legislation for adult social care, such as the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
* Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the Continuing Health Care Framework and joint health and social care assessments.
* Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of social care policy developments, best practices, and current trends in health and social care.
To discuss this role and all other Allied Health contracts, please contact Emma.
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