ADULT SERVICES ASSESSMENT & CARE MANAGEMENT
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Festival Hall, Denton, Peel Street, East Hyde, Cheshire, M34 3JY
1 x Temporary post until Sep 2021 (Secondment Cover)
20 hours per week
Grade H. Scale 29 - £18,283.00 to Scale 34 - £21,049.00 with a profession bar at SCP 31 **
The ideal candidate will have a degree or equivalent within occupational therapies and will be HCPC registered as an occupational therapist. You will need confidence, enthusiasm and a passion for learning and development, and the ability to build good working relationships with carers, families, colleagues and Multi Agency Teams.
Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have excellent administrative and computer skills – and excellent English skills (clear written and spoken English) along with good reading, writing and numeracy skills - as this make ups a large part of the role. You will need to have good up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, sound assessment, and problem solving skills.
You will work in the community and be responsible for assessing people with disabilities and recommending appropriate interventions, which may include equipment, minor adaptations and major adaptations to people’s homes. You will need to be able to complete manual handling/ergonomic risk assessment and development of handling plans to reduce risk, enabling a person to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible. In addition to this you may need to demonstrate to service users and carer’s alternative ways of carrying out daily living tasks, to enable people to remain as independent as possible. You will be able to work independently, be a good team player, and have proven organisational skills.
In return you will be part of a large supportive team that includes Occupational Therapists, Social workers, assessors, manual handlers and Health & Wellbeing Advisors. In addition there is also excellent management support for your continuing professional development.
This post carries an authorised casual car user allowance.
** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND
2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND
3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
This role is subject to the relevant Safeguarding checks which will include an Enhanced DBS check and the right to work in the UK checks.
For an informal discussion please contact Julie Seel on 07817244239 or e-mail
julie.seel@tameside.gov.uk or Jill Halkyard 07470113133
jill.halkyard@tameside.gov.uk
We would welcome applications from suitably qualified people with disabilities.
Reference Number: DPT224
Closing Date: 25 January 2021 23.59
Job Description/ Person Specification.docx