Occupational Therapist
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£ 31074 - 41373
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Organisation:Leicestershire County Council
Work Location:Various
Worker Category:Hybrid Worker up to 2 days per week in office
Salary:per annum (pro rata for parttime)
Working Hours:37 or 16 hours per week
Contract Type:Permanent
Closing Date:21/04/2025
If you are an innovative enthusiastic and selfmotivated Occupational Therapist (or Occupational Therapy Students nearing the end of your course)please keep on reading as we may have the perfect job for you!
We are currently recruiting to posts within our:
- Reablement team covering Blaby Oadby Wigston and Harborough 37 hours & 16 hours)
Dependent on skills abilities and relevant experience we are recruiting to:
- Level 1 Occupational Therapist:31074 to 33294 (pro rata for parttime)
- Level 2 Occupational Therapist:34350 to 37950 (pro rata for parttime)
- Level 3 Occupational Therapist:38700 to 41373 (pro rata for parttime)
About the Roles
We have a strong team of Occupational Therapists and Community Support Workers who are passionate about supporting both adults and children with disabilities and longterm needs.
- Our Reablement Teams use a strengthbased approach to help individuals to live the lives they want. Interventions could include providing information and advice reablement approaches such as practice of task or alternative techniques provision of equipment and arranging major/minor adaptations. We aim to achieve the best outcomes for children and adults across Leicestershire taking a strengthsbased approach and embracing change and new opportunities.
- Within the reablement team of Blaby Oadby Wigston and Harborough we also provide assessments for people within the local prisons. Interventions are based on a compensatory approach supporting individuals to manage their functional difficulties within the confines of the prison environment.
- The Lightbulb OT team are responsible for complex major adaptations and design innovative schemes which give people access to essential facilities in their home. They work closely with housing officers within the Lightbulb service to progress schemes from design to completion.
- The OTs working in the SingleHanded Care team focus on involving individuals in the physical care they receive to support them to remain at home. This will include looking at techniques or equipment that can reduce carers involvement with the aim to maintaining the individuals functional ability and improve their experience of receiving care.
What we offer:
- A varied inhouse training programme.
- Participation in OT student education.
- Great team and managerial support.
- A varied caseload.
- Regular supervision ongoing support and CPD opportunities.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
To find out more about our OT Teams and hear from one of our Team Managers Vikki Turner please clickhere.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)orexpect to have completed your course and obtained registration in 2025.
- Have knowledge of occupational therapy methodologies social care policies such as reablement and asset based social care and relevant legislation including The Care Act Mental Health Act Mental Capacity Act Childrens Act and Disabled Facilities Grant.
- Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery and multiagency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
- Have experience of partnership working with citizens to identify and meet need with creativeand pragmatic solutions.
- Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy persuasion assertive and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships.
- Be able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
- Have good prioritisation and time management skills.
We also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
You will require access to a car to undertake the adjustments will be considered for those who fall under the Equality Act.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This mayinclude requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact:
Chelbie Shepherd Resourcing Coordinator
Telephone: 0
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section more information see theHow to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post pleasecontact our Employee Service Centre: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Employment Type
Full-Time
