Job Introduction
Social Care Occupational Therapist
An exciting (full time/ part time) opportunity has arisen to join our forward-thinking Adult Social Care Occupational Therapy Team covering the beautiful World Heritage City of Bath and surrounding area across Bath and North East Somerset.
We are a friendly and supportive team of OTs and OTAs and are passionate about the service we offer. You will have a comprehensive induction period, regular supervision and the opportunity to attend our Peer Supervision group to share best practice. The role is hybrid, with a mix of office days and working from home days.
If you are an experienced and motivated occupational therapist looking to develop your skills as a Social Care Occupational Therapist read on!
Main Responsibility
As a Social Care Occupational Therapist your days will be varied and fulfilling and include:
• undertaking assessments for adults in their own homes who have complex and long-term physical disabilities, to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care.
• making recommendations for minor and major home adaptations
• assessing for simple and specialised equipment to promote independence and safety at home
• carrying out moving and handling risk assessments and promoting single handed care when possible
• performing postural management and seating assessments
• carrying out assessments for re-housing applications
• providing supervision for occupational therapy aides
The Ideal Candidate
You are an experienced occupational therapist with proven skills in a health or adult social care background and with HCPC registration.
You have knowledge of the legislation that applies to social care practice.
You have strong communication skills and organisational skills.
Car driver essential.
Interviews will happen on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications.
So, what are you waiting for? Apply today!
If you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact:
Alison Thomas, Occupational Therapy Team Manager, alison.thomas@hcrgcaregroup.com
Package Description
You will receive £33760- £36616 and AFC terms and conditions including an NHS pension.
On 1 April 2024, Adult Social Care and Learning Disability services will transfer to Bath and North East Somerset Council with TUPE protection. We are collaborating to ensure a smooth and safe transition of services and staff in all eligible posts
As well as AFC terms and conditions, you will have access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
