Senior Occupational Therapist
Senior Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
Organisation:Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category:Hybrid Worker up to 2 days per week in office
Salary:per annum (pro rata for parttime)
Working Hours:18.5 per week
Contract Type:Permanent
Closing Date:2nd June 2025
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Charnwood and Melton Mowbray reablement team.
About the Role
We are looking for dedicated enthusiastic and selfmotivated Occupational Therapists to join our OT service undertaking assessments for both children and adults. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Occupational Therapy possess advanced clinical skills and demonstrate a strong commitment to professional development. They will exhibit role model behaviours showing professionalism empathy and a personcentred approach. They will be able to support and mentor colleagues and students with a strong motivation and willingness to contribute to a positive team culture.
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)
- Have expert 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.
- Be skilled in assessment risk management and developing and implementing advanced therapeutic interventions to meet the complex needs of customers.
- Experience of providing supervision support and mentoring to colleagues and students.
- Experience of working in partnership with other relevant professionals in health social care education and other partner agencies to inform analysis and reasoning for support planning.
- Be a confident communicator with excellentskills of diplomacy and persuasion to navigate challenging situations. Being able to apply assertiveness and conflict management skills to resolve issues effectively andto build effective working relationships.
- Work proactively as an advanced autonomous practitioner with excellent 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 role. Reasonable 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
