Occupational Therapist – Adult Social Care
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What you'll do
- Adult Social Care – Equipment & Adaptations
- Assessments under the Care Act
- Specialist equipment provision
- Major adaptations / Disabled Facilities Grants
- Complex moving & handling and seating assessments
- Risk management and safeguarding
- Supporting adults with complex and progressive conditions
- Working with residents, families, carers and multi-agency partners
- Promoting independence and reducing the need for formal care
- Supporting and mentoring junior staff, students and newly qualified OTs
What they're looking for
- HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with a relevant Occupational Therapy degree
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Post-qualified Occupational Therapy experience
- Community or social care experience essential
- Ability to travel across the borough required
Nice to have
- Experience within a Local Authority desirable
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Full description from employer
Liquid Personnel are currently recruiting for its client for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Adult Social Care Equipment & Adaptations Team at Wirral Council.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced OT with strong community/social care experience, supporting adults to remain safe and independent in their own homes.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Adult Social Care – Equipment & Adaptations
- Assessments under the Care Act
- Specialist equipment provision
- Major adaptations / Disabled Facilities Grants
- Complex moving & handling and seating assessments
- Risk management and safeguarding
- Supporting adults with complex and progressive conditions
- Working with residents, families, carers and multi-agency partners
- Promoting independence and reducing the need for formal care
- Supporting and mentoring junior staff, students and newly qualified OTs
Benefits:
- £40 per hour
- Hybrid working – 2 days remote / 3 days office
- Refer a friend or colleague and earn a bonus!
Qualifications & Experience:
- HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with a relevant Occupational Therapy degree
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Post-qualified Occupational Therapy experience
- Community or social care experience essential
- Experience within a Local Authority desirable
- Ability to travel across the borough required
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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