Organisation
Southampton City Council
Service Area
Living and Ageing Well
Job Location
Civic Centre
Contract Length
Permanent
Work Hours
Full time - 37 hours per week
Salary
£40,476 - £44,710 per annum
Special Requirements
BSc Occupational Therapy will be required
Closing Date
28/11/2024
Job Reference
15302
Job Description and Person Specification
In Southampton, we are transforming Adult Social Care with our Ambitious Futures Programme. We share the #Social Care Future Vision, to enable us all ‘to live in place we call home, with the people and things we love, in communities where we look out for each other, doing the things that matter to us’.
This is an exciting time to join the Council as we continue to deliver our Ambitious Futures Programme, which is part of the Council’s Transformation Plan. We strongly believe in investing towards the future in our directorate.
Southampton recognises the essential role of Occupational Therapy in helping people live independent lives and we are seeking an innovative, creative Occupational Therapist to join our service.
About the role:
The post is part of our Occupational Therapy team within our Living and Ageing Well service. The team is working to deliver an occupational therapy service within adult social care in line with social care statutory responsibility to promote independence, wellbeing, and choice.
You will gain experience in provision of equipment and minor adaptations to support independence, moving and handling, goal focused reablement planning, support wellbeing and prevention and signposting to other community services.
You will work with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure a high quality, responsive and professional social care occupational therapy service leading to positive outcomes for adults with care and support needs.
Main Responsibilities:
* To complete occupational therapy assessments in relation to adults’ personal independence and occupations, in accordance with current legislation and in conjunction with other team members or professional workers.
* To advise and, where possible, teach methods of carrying out daily activities to help individuals overcome a disability and promote independent living.
* To recommend and provide, where appropriate, standard, specialised and moving and handling equipment and give guidance to clients and their carers in its use.
* To recommend and advise on the provision of simple and complex structural adaptations to clients’ homes, liaising with other agencies to facilitate this work.
* To provide advice, information, and guidance on other services available from social services and other agencies.
* To communicate effectively with clients and colleagues, to maintain written and electronic records in accordance with Directorate policies and to be aware of the Directorate’s ‘Access to Records’ policy.
* To promote the Occupational Therapy service to users, colleagues, and other agencies and to identify and contribute to future service developments.
* To work closely with colleagues in health care teams, private and voluntary sectors, and other directorates, to achieve the best possible outcome for clients and their carers.
About you:
The successful applicant must:
* Be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills within the multi-disciplinary team.
* Be able to justify their clinical decision making.
* Have the ability to plan, prioritise and time manage appropriately.
What we offer:
We offer a robust supervision and appraisal framework within social care and opportunities for training and development. You will need effective interpersonal skills and to show skills to support a flexible and positive approach to problem solving.
For information on our benefits package please visit: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)
Contact details for informal discussion:
For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Sacha Khakoo, Principal Occupational Therapist: 07825231368, sacha.khakoo@southampton.gov.uk
Interview Information: TBA
Recruitment contact details
Email: recruitment@southampton.gov.uk
Tel: 023 8083 4033
How to apply
About us
Southampton City Council is a unitary authority, as such you will have access to responsive leadership which is supportive at all management levels.
We are committed to the development of all our staff, whilst working in a highly supportive and highly challenging culture. All of which is at the centre of our ambition to become a child friendly city.
Southampton City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. It is committed to delivering services to ensure they are happy, safe and have opportunities to reach their goals as responsible members of our community. We believe it is always unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience abuse of any kind, and recognise our responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. We are committed to following safe practices to ensure this and expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. This commitment is reflected in all our recruitment and selection practices.
As a Corporate Parent we are actively aiming to support all our children in care (looked after children) and care leavers. Any applicants who are children in care or care leavers, who meet the essential criteria for the post applied for, will be guaranteed an interview.
For more information about SCC please visit Southampton City Council
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