Occupational Therapist

Southampton City Council; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent local government pension

Death in service benefit

Generous holiday

Flexible working options

Family-friendly policies

Training and development

Health and wellbeing support

Armed Forces Covenant

Discounts and local benefits

Sustainable travel benefits

Volunteer days

Job summary

Southampton City Council is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Living and AgeingWell service, delivering adult social care OT with equipment, adaptations, and prevention. You will work with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure a high quality, responsive service.

The role involves assessing independence, advising on activities, recommending equipment and home adaptations, and promoting wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to justify clinical decision making.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage time effectively.

Responsibilities

• To complete occupational therapy assessments for adults in relation to personal independence and occupations.
• To advise and teach methods of daily activities to promote independent living.
• To recommend and provide equipment and adaptations and guide clients and carers in its use.
• To provide advice on home adaptations and liaise with other agencies to facilitate this work.
• To maintain records and promote the service within policies.

Skills

Communication skills

Decision making

Time management

Prioritisation

Job description

About the role

The post is part of our Occupational Therapy team within our Living and AgeingWell service working to deliver an occupational therapy service within adult social care.

The remit of the Occupational Therapy team includes provision of equipment and minor adaptations to support independence, moving and handling, support wellbeing and prevention and signposting to other community services.

You will work with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure a high quality, responsive and professional social care occupational therapy service leading to positive outcomes for adults with care and support needs.

Main duties, tasks & skills required.

• To complete occupational therapy assessments in relation to adults’ personal independence and occupations, in accordance with current legislation and in conjunction with other team members or professional workers.
• To advise and, where possible, teach methods of carrying out daily activities to help individuals overcome a disability and promote independent living.
• To recommend and provide, where appropriate, standard, specialised and moving and handling equipment and give guidance to clients and their carers in its use.
• To recommend and advise on the provision of simple and complex structural adaptations to clients’ homes, liaising with other agencies to facilitate this work.
• To provide advice, information, and guidance on other services available from social services and other agencies.
• To communicate effectively with clients and colleagues, to maintain written and electronic records in accordance with Directorate policies and to be aware of the Directorate's 'Access to Records' policy.
• To promote the Occupational Therapy service to users, colleagues, and other agencies and to identify and contribute to future service developments.
• To work closely with colleagues in health care teams, private and voluntary sectors, and other directorates, to achieve the best possible outcome for clients and their carers.

About you

The successful applicant must:

• Be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Be able to justify their clinical decision making.
• Have the ability to plan, prioritise and time manage appropriately.

What we can offer you

Salary: The salary band for this role is £43,150 - £47,664 per annum. The starting salary is £43,150 with annual progression through the salary bands.

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Generous holiday 25-31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

About us

Southampton City Council is a unitary authority, as such you will have access to responsive leadership which is supportive at all management levels.

We are committed to the development of all our staff, whilst working in a highly supportive and highly challenging culture. All of which is at the centre of our ambition to become a child friendly city.

We are proud to be #DisabilityConfident and support fair recruitment practices. Find out how you can get involved at gov.uk/disability-confident. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

Southampton City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. It is committed to delivering services to ensure they are happy, safe and have opportunities to reach their goals as responsible members of our community. We believe it is always unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience abuse of any kind, and recognise our responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare. We are committed to following safe practices to ensure this and expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. This commitment is reflected in all our recruitment and selection practices.

As a Corporate Parent we are actively aiming to support all our children in care (looked after children) and care leavers. Any applicants who are children in care or care leavers, who meet the essential criteria for the post applied for, will be guaranteed an interview.

Contact details for informal discussion

For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Nina Bellamy, Team Manager Community Occupational Therapy Team: 07542500777, [e-mail]

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