Occupational Therapist – Regaining Independence Service

Liquid Personnel; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Free DBS & compliance service

Faster Pay

Exclusive roles access

Liquid social work CPD portal

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapist for its RIS North West Team based in Horsham. This full-time agency role offers £35–£37 per hour with a hybrid working arrangement, available from October 2026 to March 2027.

The role involves completing comprehensive assessments, setting goals, delivering interventions to promote independence, and coordinating with health and social care teams, with a flexible, community-based caseload.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• Relevant Occupational Therapy qualification.
• Experience in community OT or reablement is desirable.
• Enhanced DBS check.
• Able to work across the community and manage a varied caseload.
• Excellent communication and IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments.
• Set meaningful and outcome-focused goals with customers.
• Deliver specialist OT interventions to promote independence.
• Monitor progress and adapt support plans to individual needs.
• Manage a varied caseload within the community.
• Collaborate with reablement providers, health professionals and social care teams.

Skills

Assessment skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

IT skills

Community flexibility

Caseload management

Collaboration

Education

Occupational Therapy qualification

HCPC registration

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Occupational Therapist – Regaining Independence Service

Horsham

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapist for its client’s Regaining Independence Service (RIS) North West Team based in Horsham. This is a full-time agency role offering £35–£37 per hour. The position is available from October 2026 to March 2027 and offers a hybrid working arrangement.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

• Complete comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments.
• Set meaningful and outcome-focused goals with customers.
• Deliver specialist Occupational Therapy interventions to promote independence.
• Monitor progress and adapt support plans according to individual needs.
• Manage a varied caseload within the community.
• Work collaboratively with reablement providers, health professionals, and social care teams to support positive outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have:

• A relevant Occupational Therapy qualification.
• Current HCPC registration.
• Strong assessment, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in community Occupational Therapy or reablement services is desirable.
• Excellent communication and IT skills.
• An Enhanced DBS check.
• The ability to work flexibly across the community and manage a varied caseload.
• Competitive pay rate of £35–£37 per hour.
• Hybrid working with at least one day per week in the office.
• Referral bonus available for successful recommendations of friends or colleagues.

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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