Occupational Therapist

Kent County Council; Whitstable; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our Canterbury Team. Our OT service collaborates with enablement services and social care teams to maximise independence.

We offer an excellent induction and ongoing training in moving and handling, specialist equipment and major adaptations, plus regular supervision and a tailored development plan to advance your career. The role supports flexible, hybrid working between office and home; interviews are scheduled for Friday, 23

Job description

At Kent County Council (KCC), Occupational Therapy is viewed as a critical service in enabling people to live their lives in the way that most matters to them. Our community Occupational Therapy Teams are co-located with our in-house enablement services and work alongside our Community Social Work, Adult Social Care Connect and Short Term Pathway Teams. This gives us the opportunity to work in a co-ordinated, preventative and creative way to maximise people’s independence.

We currently have an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our Canterbury Team.

We offer an excellent induction and ongoing training package to facilitate you to develop your expertise within moving and handling, enablement techniques, specialist equipment and major adaptations, thus ensuring that the people we support receive high quality, personalised interventions that genuinely improve lives.

You will receive regular individual supervision from a registered Occupational Therapy Lead and a tailored personal development plan to enable you to develop your career pathway within Kent and be the best that you can be.

KCC is committed to flexible and hybrid working opportunities and although we complete our assessments and interventions within a person’s own residence or short-term assessment bed setting, our Occupational Therapists work their non-clinical time between an office base and/or their home.

KCC is also committed to ensuring it is increasingly accessible to the public outside of traditional office hours and although Occupational Therapists are not working on a rota basis to deliver a service 7 days per week, this may be required in the future.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council, therefore, has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews will be held face to face on Friday, 23 October 2026 at Brook House, Whitstable.

For more information please contact Angela Illing, Operational Manager for OT Services in East Kent. Tel - 03000 410813, Email [e-mail] .

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.