Job Description
Sheffield City Council would like to recruit a highly motivated and experienced Technical Officer to support the Occupational Therapy and Adapted Housing Teams deliver adapted housing projects.
Occupational Therapy and Adapted Housing aims to promote the capacity of vulnerable disabled people to live independently: either in their existing homes, through the provision of adaptations, or to facilitate a move to more suitable housing through a priority award for re-housing.
The wider service also leads on partnering work with the health authority to minimize delayed hospital discharges by helping people to secure suitable housing options.
The post holder will carry out the delivery of the surveying function within the adaptations service. The post holder will be expected to contribute to wider service priorities, as required, relating to facilitating moves to alternative housing options and minimizing delayed hospital discharges.
As you may be asked to drive a Council vehicle, an ability to drive is essential.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Job Details
* Job Reference: REQ002863
* Date Posted: 14/11/2024
* Application Closing Date: 04/12/2024
* Location: Sheffield
* Salary: Grade 7 £37,035 to £40,476
* Package: Permanent
* Contractual Hours: 37
* Job Category/Type: Adult Social Care
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