Community Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Community Occupational Therapist

Leeds Active Recovery Service is a comprehensive recovery service bringing together beds and community resource to help people to return home, building resilience and reducing isolation by linking people back into their communities.We have a team of Occupational Therapists who are part of the 7 day a week Active Recovery Model. The Occupational Therapists are based across the 3 Recovery Hubs.People are discharged to the Recovery Hubs from hospital where they need further assessment and rehabilitation to determine their long term needs. The Occupational Therapists work on a 9 week rota pattern from 8am to 8pm over 7 days, working 1 in 3 weekends. The salary attracts a comprehensive rota and weekend working enhancement.Due to internal promotion we are looking for an Occupational Therapist who must display strong assessment skills with a personalised approach, who can carry out Occupational Therapy assessments of people with a range of needs, to develop, implement and manage planned recommendations.They will also have the ability to innovate and problem solve with the ability to identify appropriate Occupational Therapy interventions in order to promote positive change. The Occupational Therapists take the lead in discharges for those people who are returning to their own home and work closely with LCC Social Workers, LCH Physiotherapists, Nurses and Geriatricians.Occupational Therapists will also need to bring skills in moving and handling, both including in risk assessment and in identifying solutions to reduce risk which consider the needs and personal outcomes of disabled people and their families.Professional supervision and line management are provided by a Disability Team Manager, who is a registered Occupational Therapist.Senior OTs are responsible for supervising less experienced members of the team. CPD is supported including through peer groups.Occupational Therapists have a role in shaping and developing the service and there will also be other opportunities to be involved in development work within the Council and with other agencies. We provide opportunities for all our registered Occupational Therapists to support student education and to gain skills in the supervision and support of unregistered staff and new graduate Occupational Therapists.Occupational Therapists are given half a day a month for their CPD.All posts need to hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the HCPC.For further information please contactRichard Smith, Disability Team Manager 07595216486or emailrichard.smith2@leeds.gov.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• All posts need to hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the HCPC

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds City Council

Address

Recovery Hub

South Leeds

Leeds

LS11 7DB

Employer's website

https://leeds.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home?c=leeds (Opens in a new tab)