Occupational Therapist, 37hpw x 2 Posts

South Tyneside Council; South Tyneside; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

South Tyneside Council is recruiting Occupational Therapists to join a dynamic Adult Social Care team, working 37 hours per week across two posts. The role focuses on front-door preventative work, risk assessment and enabling independence for adults in the community.

You will apply OT skills and clinical reasoning to functional assessments, equipment provision and early interventions, collaborating across social care, health, housing and community partners.

Qualifications

• HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with current registration.
• Experience in adult social care is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake timely, proportionate functional assessment and intervention.
• Identify and positively manage risk.
• Promote independence through equipment, adaptations, rehabilitation and other practical solutions.
• Build on people’s strengths, families and community assets.
• Prevent, reduce or delay the need for longer-term care and support.
• Work with social care, health, housing and community partners for a joined-up response.

Skills

HCPC-registered OT

Problem solving

Partnership working

Job description

Occupational Therapist, 37hpw x 2 Posts

(Adult Social Care, Home First Team - Occupational Therapy)

Salary Range: £38,510 to £46,579 pa Career Grade

Permanent

Help us shape the front door to Adult Social Care

This is an exciting time to join South Tyneside's Occupational Therapy Service as we transform how people access social care, with a stronger focus on prevention, early intervention and independence.

We are looking for Occupational Therapists who enjoy working at pace, making good professional decisions and finding practical solutions from the first conversation.

You will initially work within our developing front-door approach, helping to manage new requests into Adult Social Care, identify and manage risk and determine what can be done early to help people remain safe and independent.

You’ll use your OT skills and clinical reasoning to:

• undertake timely, proportionate functional assessment and intervention;
• identify and positively manage risk;
• promote independence through equipment, adaptations, rehabilitation and other practical solutions;
• build on people’s strengths, families and community assets;
• prevent, reduce or delay the need for longer-term care and support;
• work alongside social care, health, housing and community partners to provide a joined-up response.

Our OT role includes functional assessment, advanced clinical reasoning, positive risk management, equipment and adaptations, rehabilitation, strengths-based working and making best use of community and family resources.

You’ll be joining us at a time when we want to harness the value of Occupational Therapy earlier in people’s social care journey, helping people get the right support at the right time.

Although these vacancies are initially focused on our front-door and preventative work, our Occupational Therapists work flexibly across the wider OT service, including more complex and specialist assessment and intervention.

If you’re an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist who enjoys problem solving, partnership working and making a difference early, we’d love to hear from you.

We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere

South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

We do not currently offer skilled worker visa sponsorship.

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Closing date: Noon, 20 November 2026

Interviews will take place week commencing 9 December 2026