Job summary
Join Adult Social Care as a Occupational Therapist (OT) and receive a Welcome Bonus of £1000 paid in your first month's salary and a Retention Bonus of £1000 for every complete year in service (*subject to pay scale). With a total package up to £51,083 including bonuses and benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in social care
This is an exciting opportunity for OT's to join our new OT Hub in Sutton Adult Social Care on a fixed term contract. Our goal is to empower people to live as independently as possible, and we are looking for individuals with specialist skills in the following roles:
- Senior Enablement OT - 27 hours / 36 months contract
- OT - Optimal Care Transformation - 12 months contract
- OT - Adaptations/Disabled Facilities Grant - 12 months contract
As a Senior Enablement OT, you will support individuals to achieve greater independence in specific areas of their life, as identified in their Care Act 2014 assessment. You will work person-centred, using a prevention and strength-based approach, with clients from the Transition (16-25) Team, Learning Disability Team, and Mental Health Team. You will conduct assessments, develop personalised plans, and collaborate with others to deliver targeted support and review progress.
Main duties of the job
Our Occupational Therapists take a person-centred approach whilst working within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:
The successful candidate will have:
- Degree or an equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy, registered with HCPC
- Experience of Occupational Therapy (minimum 2 years) including major adaptations and complex moving and handling
- Experience of working with Adults and/or Children Social Care services, within a multidisciplinary team.
- Have up to date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance in relation to working with and safeguarding vulnerable adults and children in social care.
Learning and development is supported by the Team Manager, Principal Occupational Therapist and Learning and Development Team. We aim to provide robust supervision and mentoring and encourage reflective practice to identify areas of improvement. As a Borough, we are committed to building a workforce that is empowered with knowledge to work autonomously and provide the valuable care service to the residents of our community. We want you to be a part of our journey.
About us
Guided by the Team Manager and Principal Occupational Therapist, the new OT Hub in Sutton unifies Occupational Therapy and Sensory services within social care. The Hub will provide professional leadership and support for practitioners, while offering career development opportunities, including apprenticeships and a unique Preceptorship for new or returning therapists. Sutton is proud to be one of the only London boroughs to have launched an Occupational Therapy Preceptorship, to support and develop people who are newly qualified or returning to practice. The Hub focuses on strength-based assessments to enhance independence and well-being, covering a wide range of support from reablement, assessments for disabled facilities grant, optimal care, to housing needs assessments, making it a comprehensive service for the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Occupational Therapists work to promote social change, problem solving in human relationships
and the empowerment of people across the lifecourse. Occupational Therapy employs theories of
human behaviour, and social systems to ensure that vulnerable adults and children are
safeguarded. Occupational Therapists intervene with children and adults, individual and families
and will work alongside other professionals to achieve positive outcomes. As Allied Health
Professionals, Occupational Therapists apply social and medical clinical reasoning, analyse
complex information, identify and assess risk, form professional judgments and plans to support
the required outcomes. Occupational Therapy is underpinned by legislative frameworks, along with
national and local policies relevant to the service sector including the principles of human rights,
social justice and disability empowerment. Fundamental to the role, Occupational Therapists limits
the effect of disability by promoting and achieving the maximum potential levels of safe
independence in all aspects of daily living, to enable the individual to live a full life within their
environment and community.
In the Occupational Therapy role the professional can progress to practicing effectively, exercising
higher quality judgements, in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge.
Through growing understanding they expect and anticipate, but do not prejudge, the issues that
may develop. They have greater confidence and independence (whilst accessing support when
needed), and use their initiative to broaden their repertoire of responses; they have expertise in
one or more areas of practice, need to be familiar with disability and resource networks, also be
recognised by peers as a source of reliable knowledge and advice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Occupational Therapists work to promote social change, problem solving in human relationships
and the empowerment of people across the lifecourse. Occupational Therapy employs theories of
human behaviour, and social systems to ensure that vulnerable adults and children are
safeguarded. Occupational Therapists intervene with children and adults, individual and families
and will work alongside other professionals to achieve positive outcomes. As Allied Health
Professionals, Occupational Therapists apply social and medical clinical reasoning, analyse
complex information, identify and assess risk, form professional judgments and plans to support
the required outcomes. Occupational Therapy is underpinned by legislative frameworks, along with
national and local policies relevant to the service sector including the principles of human rights,
social justice and disability empowerment. Fundamental to the role, Occupational Therapists limits
the effect of disability by promoting and achieving the maximum potential levels of safe
independence in all aspects of daily living, to enable the individual to live a full life within their
environment and community.
In the Occupational Therapy role the professional can progress to practicing effectively, exercising
higher quality judgements, in situations of increasing complexity, risk, uncertainty and challenge.
Through growing understanding they expect and anticipate, but do not prejudge, the issues that
may develop. They have greater confidence and independence (whilst accessing support when
needed), and use their initiative to broaden their repertoire of responses; they have expertise in
one or more areas of practice, need to be familiar with disability and resource networks, also be
recognised by peers as a source of reliable knowledge and advice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy qualification and to be able to meet the requirements of the HCPC the Occupational Therapy regulator and the College of Occupational Therapy.
- 2. A current valid UK driving licence and the use of a car for work, with valid insurance covering business use. Ability to travel around the borough and visit people in their homes and communities.
- 3. Demonstrate an effective and active use of supervision and appraisal for accountability, professional reflection and development
- 4. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the application to Occupational Therapy of research, theory and knowledge.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy qualification and to be able to meet the requirements of the HCPC the Occupational Therapy regulator and the College of Occupational Therapy.
- 2. A current valid UK driving licence and the use of a car for work, with valid insurance covering business use. Ability to travel around the borough and visit people in their homes and communities.
- 3. Demonstrate an effective and active use of supervision and appraisal for accountability, professional reflection and development
- 4. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the application to Occupational Therapy of research, theory and knowledge.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
