Occupational Therapist (Adult Social Care)

Bidvane; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced benefits package

Clear progression within a defined pay

Training and mentoring opportunities

Support for continuous personal develp

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

The Occupational Therapist position is based in Poole, within a community team serving adults with long-term conditions, disabilities, or mental health needs. The role involves holistic assessments, equipment, adaptations and moving and handling, with leadership over a caseload in multi-agency settings.

Full-time (37 hours) with a focus on safe practice, coordination of care, and contributing to the delivery of adult social care objectives under supervision.

Qualifications

• Current HCPC registration in Occupational Therapy
• Excellent organisational skills to manage own caseload
• Confident clinical reasoning
• Ability to identify risk
• DBS check at the appropriate level
• Existing right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Carry out holistic assessments and interventions for adults in the community, including equipment, minor or major adaptations and moving and handling assessments
• Manage a caseload appropriate to the team's primary function
• Act as case coordinator or lead professional where appropriate
• Undertake assessments and take part in multi-agency, multidisciplinary and locality teams and conferences
• Coordinate multidisciplinary cases where directed
• Discharge statutory duties and BCP Council service objectives for adult social care occupational therapy under the direction of the relevant manager

Skills

Organisational skills

Clinical reasoning

Risk awareness

Job description

This Occupational Therapist post sits in BCP Council's adult social care service, in the community team covering the Poole locality. The work centres on holistic assessments and interventions for adults with long-term health conditions, physical disabilities or mental health diagnoses, including equipment, adaptations and moving and handling. The role is full time at 37 hours and includes acting as lead professional for a caseload and working in multi-agency teams. Visa sponsorship is not offered, so only applicants with existing right to work in the UK can apply.

What the job involves

• Carry out holistic assessments and interventions for adults in the community, including equipment, minor or major adaptations and moving and handling assessments
• Manage a caseload appropriate to the team's primary function
• Act as case coordinator or lead professional where appropriate
• Undertake assessments and take part in multi-agency, multidisciplinary and locality teams and conferences
• Coordinate multidisciplinary cases where directed
• Discharge statutory duties and BCP Council service objectives for adult social care occupational therapy under the direction of the relevant manager

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Current HCPC registration in Occupational Therapy

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent organisational skills to manage own caseload
• Confident clinical reasoning
• Ability to identify risk

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check at the appropriate level
• Existing right to work in the UK

Nice to have

• Previous social care or community experience
• Specialist knowledge from other areas of occupational therapy
• Transferable skills, including from a break from practice

What’s offered

• Enhanced benefits package
• Clear progression within a defined pay band
• Training and mentoring opportunities
• Support for continuous personal development
• Flexible working arrangements, including choice of work location