Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist
Contract: Temp
Location: Dudley
Rates: £36.02 per hour (Umbrella)
Job Purpose:
To contribute to the provision of Occupational Therapy Services within the Directorate in order to promote independence, well-being, and choice for people of all ages with a physical disability or long-term condition.
Job Description:
1. To provide a co-ordinated approach to the assessment of need and produce outcome-focused Occupational Therapy plans.
2. To have a positive approach to risk-taking that empowers an individual and focuses on their assets and demonstrates a strength-based approach.
3. To undertake assessment of need of service users who require a complex assessment, co-ordinating those assessments where multi-disciplinary input is required in accordance with the Directorate's protocols.
4. To respond to requests for assessment for equipment and adaptation in a timely manner.
5. To provide functional assessments within the community.
6. To make recommendations, based on assessed need for the provision of aids to daily living and adaptations.
7. To ensure that these recommendations are carried out, making appropriate use of specialist skills in other departments.
8. To ensure that any equipment supplied is fitted and demonstrated safely and clients instructed on the safe use of equipment.
Connect2Dudley is a trading style of Dudley & Kent Commercial Services LTD - A joint venture between Dudley Metropolitan Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dudley is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
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