Job summary
Are you an Occupational Therapist who enjoys working in the community, building relationships to support adults to maximise their independence?
Are you a creative problem solver who can work well on their own initiative and within a team?
If so, Derbyshire County Council Adult Social Care and Health wants to hear from you. We are seeking to recruit professionally qualified and HCPC registered Occupational Therapists for a range of permanent post throughout the county.
As part of our multi-disciplinary Adult Care Team, you will be required to take a strength-based approach to deliver a proportionate, personalised, safe, and sustainable response for local adults, their carers, and families.
Please see the attached testimonials to see what other employees think about working for us.
Posts available: Please note on your application form which post you are interested in.
Area: Chesterfield Post: 2 Full time posts (37 hours) 1 Part time post (22.2 hours)
Area: Bolsover Post: 1 Part time post (18.5 hours)
Area: North-East Derbyshire Post: 1 Full time post (37 hours)
Area: High Peak Post: 1 Full time post (37 hours)
Area: Derbyshire Dales Post: 1 Full time post (37 hours)
Area: Erewash Post 1 Full time post (37 hours)
Area: Erewash Post:1 Part time post (33.3 hours)
Main duties of the job
Your role will include the assessment of activities of daily living using a reablement approach to maximise independence by removing environmental barriers and helping people to regain practical skills and confidence. Supporting independence and well-being can help to reduce the risk of hospital admission and restore more independent function for those coming out of hospital. You will need to be able to carry out moving and handling assessments and activities as part of this role.
Occupational Therapists strengths in assessment and goal planning are integral to people achieving personalised outcomes. They are able to use such skills, together with their knowledge of the medical, physical, emotional and cognitive impact of disability and injury, to ensure that reablement is tailored to an individuals needs and potential for independence.
A positive approach to risk taking, personal resilience and the ability to contribute to inter agency and multi-disciplinary approaches both across the council and in other statutory bodies are key to this role.
Occupational Therapists will be recruited at Grade 9 or 11 depending on knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in the recruitment process.
You will be supported in your role by a wider network of Occupational Therapists including the Occupational Therapy Leadership team.
About us
Employees have access to a range of benefits and discounts including:
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- 25 days annual leave per year (rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata).
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- Paid travel expenses if required to travel to other sites
- Smarter travel scheme including access to the cycle to work scheme
- Supportive management and team
- Access to our in-house occupational services which also includes free eye tests, physiotherapy, and counselling
- Derbyshire rewards offering hundreds of discounts and cashback
More details on the benefits of working for the council can be found on our reward and recognition page
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose of the role:
- To provide an Occupational Therapy service that supports individuals
and communities to achieve their potential focusing on the wellbeing of
the client and their family/ carers.
- To work in partnership with individuals to identify both strengths and
needs and to develop plans and responses that promote and maximise
independence and enable people to achieve their potential.
- Assess, monitor, review cases; undertake designated less complex
casework and where appropriate shadow experienced Occupational
Therapists to achieve the best outcomes for individuals, groups and
communities.
- Multi professional liaison to deliver and promote initiatives to a range of
settings and liaison with key working /care coordination role.
- Protect vulnerable people
- Provide leadership to empower individuals, colleagues, groups and
communities to achieve identified outcomes.
- Build and sustain relationships with individuals and communities.
Key relationships:Individuals
Carers/Families
External partners/agencies
Employees
Local people & community groups
Line managed by:
Service Manager
Supervises and supports:
Mentoring of Newly Qualified OTs and students/ other employees as required.
Key result areas include:
- Work with individuals, their carers and their advocates where
appropriate, in the assessment of individuals strengths needs and the
provision of appropriate advice/ information/ services/ resources.
- Work with individuals to identify the aims and objectives of proposed
interventions and outcomes to maximise their health and wellbeing
- Act as a Duty OT when required.
- Assist in the inductions of newly recruited employees.
- Provide consultation to other staff as appropriate
- Supporting students or trainees and mentor other staff as appropriate.
- Maintain appropriate records in accordance with DCC policy.
- Accept responsibility for reviewing work on caseloads at regular
intervals to include closure and transfer of cases, with support of line
manager as required.
- Ensure that the quality of service provided to and on behalf of
individuals meets agreed quality standards.
- Maintain effective contacts with relevant partners and other agencies/
resources.
- Initiating, where necessary, multi-disciplinary meetings for the co-ordination of less complex cases with close supervision including
safeguarding.
- Collate financial information as required.
- Seek to ensure income maximisation for people.
- Understand and comply with all County Council policies and relevant
legislation in the performance of the duties of the post.
General Responsibilities:
Equality and Diversity
Actively support the Councils Equality and Diversity policy.
Health and Safety
Ensure own compliance with the Councils Health & Safety policy/procedures
and that of any resources you have responsibility for.
Risk Management
Identify opportunities and risks associated with the service and escalate/report
to management.
Information Security
Comply with the Councils policies on information security including the ICT
Security Policy, Internet and Email Policy and Safe Haven Guidance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose of the role:
- To provide an Occupational Therapy service that supports individuals
and communities to achieve their potential focusing on the wellbeing of
the client and their family/ carers.
- To work in partnership with individuals to identify both strengths and
needs and to develop plans and responses that promote and maximise
independence and enable people to achieve their potential.
- Assess, monitor, review cases; undertake designated less complex
casework and where appropriate shadow experienced Occupational
Therapists to achieve the best outcomes for individuals, groups and
communities.
- Multi professional liaison to deliver and promote initiatives to a range of
settings and liaison with key working /care coordination role.
- Protect vulnerable people
- Provide leadership to empower individuals, colleagues, groups and
communities to achieve identified outcomes.
- Build and sustain relationships with individuals and communities.
Key relationships:Individuals
Carers/Families
External partners/agencies
Employees
Local people & community groups
Line managed by:
Service Manager
Supervises and supports:
Mentoring of Newly Qualified OTs and students/ other employees as required.
Key result areas include:
- Work with individuals, their carers and their advocates where
appropriate, in the assessment of individuals strengths needs and the
provision of appropriate advice/ information/ services/ resources.
- Work with individuals to identify the aims and objectives of proposed
interventions and outcomes to maximise their health and wellbeing
- Act as a Duty OT when required.
- Assist in the inductions of newly recruited employees.
- Provide consultation to other staff as appropriate
- Supporting students or trainees and mentor other staff as appropriate.
- Maintain appropriate records in accordance with DCC policy.
- Accept responsibility for reviewing work on caseloads at regular
intervals to include closure and transfer of cases, with support of line
manager as required.
- Ensure that the quality of service provided to and on behalf of
individuals meets agreed quality standards.
- Maintain effective contacts with relevant partners and other agencies/
resources.
- Initiating, where necessary, multi-disciplinary meetings for the co-ordination of less complex cases with close supervision including
safeguarding.
- Collate financial information as required.
- Seek to ensure income maximisation for people.
- Understand and comply with all County Council policies and relevant
legislation in the performance of the duties of the post.
General Responsibilities:
Equality and Diversity
Actively support the Councils Equality and Diversity policy.
Health and Safety
Ensure own compliance with the Councils Health & Safety policy/procedures
and that of any resources you have responsibility for.
Risk Management
Identify opportunities and risks associated with the service and escalate/report
to management.
Information Security
Comply with the Councils policies on information security including the ICT
Security Policy, Internet and Email Policy and Safe Haven Guidance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Grade 9:
- BSc in OT or equivalent
- Current HCPC registration
- Up to date Continued Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
- Grade 11:
- B.Sc. in OT or equivalent
- Current HCPC registration as an OT
- Up to date Continued Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
- Achievement of Apple accredited fieldwork educator qualification
- or a commitment to work towards this.
Desirable
- Grade 11:
- Post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Grade 9:
- Newly qualified professional or post qualifying on the job experience
- Experience of Occupational Therapy assessment of need and support planning
- Awareness of a wide range of disabilities and how they impact
- on the person.
- Experience of working with people in a variety of settings and service
- areas including partner organisations, to deliver individual
- service user needs and service objectives.
- Multi-disciplinary and partnership working
- Skills and knowledge:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and the ability to apply this in practice.
- Ability to communicate, engage and influence effectively with a wide range of individuals, groups/agencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Organisational ability to take responsibility for planning and managing an individual case load
- Information technology
- Person centred assessment and support planning
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work with other organisations and local people/community
- groups.
- Understanding of the principles of treating people with dignity and
- respect
- Personal Effectiveness:
- Ability to reflect on own practice and development
- Ability to travel, as required, between Departmental service outlets throughout the County.
- Ability to work flexibly across teams or functions
- Ability to speak fluent English in order to communicate fully in the role with clients/the public
-
- Grade 11:
- Extensive experience of Occupational Therapy assessment of need and support planning
- Experience of working with people with a wide range of disabilities and how they impact on the person
- Experience of working with people in a variety of settings and service
- areas including partner organisations, to deliver individual service user needs and service objectives.
- Multi-disciplinary and partnership working
- Skills and knowledge:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and the ability to apply this in practice.
- Ability to communicate, engage and influence effectively with a wide range of individuals, groups/agencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Organisational ability to take responsibility for planning and
- managing an individual case load
- Information technology
- Person centred assessment and support planning
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work with other organisations and local people/community groups.
- Understanding of the principles of treating people with dignity and respect
- Personal Effectiveness:
- Ability to reflect on own practice and development
- Ability to travel, as required, between Departmental service outlets throughout the County.
- Ability to work flexibly across teams or functions
- Ability to speak fluent English in order to communicate fully in the role with clients/the public
Desirable
- Grade 9:
- Social Care OT placement experience.
- Working with groups and communities
- Skills and knowledge:
- Group work
- Counselling, liaison, negotiating skills
- Grade 11:
- Working with groups & communities
- Skills and knowledge:
- Practice educator assessing
- Group work
- Counselling, liaison, negotiating skills
- Able to prepare reports for court
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Grade 9:
- BSc in OT or equivalent
- Current HCPC registration
- Up to date Continued Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
- Grade 11:
- B.Sc. in OT or equivalent
- Current HCPC registration as an OT
- Up to date Continued Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
- Achievement of Apple accredited fieldwork educator qualification
- or a commitment to work towards this.
Desirable
- Grade 11:
- Post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Grade 9:
- Newly qualified professional or post qualifying on the job experience
- Experience of Occupational Therapy assessment of need and support planning
- Awareness of a wide range of disabilities and how they impact
- on the person.
- Experience of working with people in a variety of settings and service
- areas including partner organisations, to deliver individual
- service user needs and service objectives.
- Multi-disciplinary and partnership working
- Skills and knowledge:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and the ability to apply this in practice.
- Ability to communicate, engage and influence effectively with a wide range of individuals, groups/agencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Organisational ability to take responsibility for planning and managing an individual case load
- Information technology
- Person centred assessment and support planning
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work with other organisations and local people/community
- groups.
- Understanding of the principles of treating people with dignity and
- respect
- Personal Effectiveness:
- Ability to reflect on own practice and development
- Ability to travel, as required, between Departmental service outlets throughout the County.
- Ability to work flexibly across teams or functions
- Ability to speak fluent English in order to communicate fully in the role with clients/the public
-
- Grade 11:
- Extensive experience of Occupational Therapy assessment of need and support planning
- Experience of working with people with a wide range of disabilities and how they impact on the person
- Experience of working with people in a variety of settings and service
- areas including partner organisations, to deliver individual service user needs and service objectives.
- Multi-disciplinary and partnership working
- Skills and knowledge:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and the ability to apply this in practice.
- Ability to communicate, engage and influence effectively with a wide range of individuals, groups/agencies
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Organisational ability to take responsibility for planning and
- managing an individual case load
- Information technology
- Person centred assessment and support planning
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work with other organisations and local people/community groups.
- Understanding of the principles of treating people with dignity and respect
- Personal Effectiveness:
- Ability to reflect on own practice and development
- Ability to travel, as required, between Departmental service outlets throughout the County.
- Ability to work flexibly across teams or functions
- Ability to speak fluent English in order to communicate fully in the role with clients/the public
Desirable
- Grade 9:
- Social Care OT placement experience.
- Working with groups and communities
- Skills and knowledge:
- Group work
- Counselling, liaison, negotiating skills
- Grade 11:
- Working with groups & communities
- Skills and knowledge:
- Practice educator assessing
- Group work
- Counselling, liaison, negotiating skills
- Able to prepare reports for court
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).
