Occupational Therapist - Discharge to Assess Hospital Team
Reading Borough Council
The closing date is 27 April 2025
Job summary
We are a Local Authority working for the community, improving the lives of our residents and were looking for a motivated and talented full time Occupational Therapist to join our Discharge to Assess Hospital Team within Adult Social Care. Working as an Occupational Therapist for Reading Borough Council you will be part of a friendly and supportive team. We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate great communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues, services users, and health care providers.
Main duties of the job
The Discharge to Assess Hospital Team promote home first and aims to actively promote wellbeing and independence, supporting people to retain or regain their skills and confidence by using existing and new support networks, Technology Enabled Care (TEC), equipment and short-term interventions.
This post offers opportunities to improve your skills and experience in Adult Social Care with high quality, strengths-based, functional occupational therapy assessments, and interventions with service users in their own homes to help them develop, recover, or maintain their meaningful occupations in friendly and supportive teams.
This post offers opportunities to improve your skills and experience in Adult Social Care. We aim to provide high quality client-led, functional occupational therapy assessments and interventions with service users in their own homes, to help them develop, recover, or maintain their meaningful occupations.About the Role:You will hold a varied caseload and contribute to the team performance and positive outcomes for our residents. Using a strengths-based approach and your unique OT skill set you will support individuals to find solutions, promote wellbeing and healthy occupations through a variety of interventions including provision of equipment, adaptations, moving and handling, goal planning. You will work closely with care providers, Housing Services and Health colleagues.
About us
Our offerA competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
- Maternity, adoption, parental and sick pay
- A wide range of flexible working opportunities
- Access to a range of training and learning opportunities to help you develop
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
- Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing, and road tax
- Salary sacrifice scheme for Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to help you save for your retirement
Closing date: Applications reviewed upon submissionInterview date: To be confirmed
If you would like to find out more about this role and the team, please contact: Shaun Rogers Team Manager: shaun.rogers@reading.gov.uk
Date posted
17 April 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£34,314 to £44,708 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
F0037-DAC0551
Job locations
Civic Offices
Bridge Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 2LU
Employer details
Employer name
Reading Borough Council
Address
Civic Offices
Bridge Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 2LU
Employer's website
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