Proportionate Care Assessment - Occupational Therapist

Leaders in Care; Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£26 per hour

Hybrid working model

Flexible working arrangements

Meaningful work promoting independence

Job summary

Leaders in Care is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to support home-care packages with a focus on enabling safe, person-centred care while promoting independence. You will assess, advise on equipment, and craft moving and handling plans that empower one-carer support where appropriate.

The role emphasises collaboration with families and providers, clear clinical reasoning, and ensuring safety and dignity.

Qualifications

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Strong knowledge of moving and handling techniques, risk assessment, and equipment.
• Experience reviewing care packages, ideally including proportionate or single-handed care assessments.
• Ability to influence care providers through clinical reasoning and communication.
• Excellent report-writing and negotiation skills.
• Commitment to person-centred practice and safety.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic, person-centred assessments of home-care packages.
• Review double-handed care arrangements and identify opportunities for safe single-handed care.
• Recommend and assess equipment, including hoists, slings, transfer aids, and other assistive technology.
• Develop moving and handling plans and support their implementation.
• Collaborate with service users, families, care agencies, and colleagues.
• Provide clear rationale when proposing reductions in care provision.
• Ensure recommendations prioritise safety, dignity and independence.
• Monitor outcomes and ensure changes are clinically appropriate.

Skills

Moving and handling

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Report writing

Person-centred care

Care package review

Education

OT degree

HCPC registration

Tools

Hoists

Slings

Transfer aids

Job description

Stable 6 months+ contracts | Flexible, Hybrid Working | Project-Type Team

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for enabling safe, person-centred care while promoting independence?

We are seeking a confident and resilient OT to support proportionate care reviews across home-care packages. You will use your moving and handling expertise, equipment knowledge, and professional judgement to identify where single-handed care can be introduced safely and appropriately—reducing unnecessary double-handed care without compromising quality, dignity, or outcomes.

The role

You will work flexibly across a hybrid model, completing assessments, collaborating with care providers and families, and delivering practical recommendations that support safer, more independent daily living.

A key part of the role is building trust with stakeholders: clearly explaining how equipment, adapted techniques, and effective moving and handling plans can make one-carer support safe and sustainable.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct holistic, person-centred assessments of home-care packages.
• Review double-handed care arrangements and identify opportunities for safe single-handed care.
• Recommend and assess suitable equipment, including hoists, slings, transfer aids, and other assistive technology.
• Develop practical moving and handling plans and support their implementation.
• Work closely with service users, families, care agencies, and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Provide clear professional rationale and reassurance when proposing reductions in care provision.
• Ensure all recommendations prioritise safety, choice, dignity, independence, and positive risk-taking.
• Monitor outcomes and ensure changes are only made when clinically appropriate and safe.

About you

You will be an experienced Occupational Therapist with a strong background in moving and handling, community practice, and equipment provision. You will be comfortable managing sensitive conversations and professionally challenging assumptions where a package of care may be more than is required.

We are looking for someone with:

• Occupational Therapy qualification and HCPC registration.
• Strong practical knowledge of moving and handling techniques, risk assessment, equipment, hoisting, and sling selection.
• Experience reviewing care packages, ideally including proportionate care or single-handed care assessments.
• The confidence to influence care providers and partner organisations through sound clinical reasoning.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and report-writing skills.
• A resilient, professional, and compassionate approach.
• A genuine commitment to person-centred practice—recognising that reductions should onlybe made where they are demonstrably safe and in the individual’s best interests.

What’s on offer

• £26 per hour
• Highly flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid working model
• Meaningful work that promotes independence and improves care outcomes
• Opportunity to use specialist moving and handling expertise in a supportive, forward-thinking service

If you are an OT who can balance clinical safety with independence, and who has the confidence to champion proportionate, high-quality care, we would love to hear from you.