Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist

Swindon Borough Council; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading council in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist for a 12-month contract. The successful candidate will manage complex cases, supervise staff, and lead high-quality practice in Adult Social Care, ensuring services are sensitive to the diverse community. Immediate availability is required, and the role involves hybrid working with weekly visits to Sparkbrook.

Benefits

Free DBS and compliance service

Faster Pay service

Access to exclusive roles

Access to training and CPD portal

Dedicated consultant

Refer a Friend bonus

Find your own job bonus

Qualifications

• 1 year post qualification experience required.
• Immediate availability.
• Strong assessment and review skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise high-quality practice in Adult Social Care.
• Conduct assessments and formulate support plans.
• Adhere to Safeguarding policies and support statutory duties.

Skills

Assessment

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Education

Relevant Occupational Therapy qualifications

Job description

Job Title: Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist
Location: Birmingham (Home-based with visits)
Pay Rate: £33 per hour
Contract Type: 12 months

Liquid Personnel is looking for an experienced Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapist to join our client. In this role, you will lead high-quality practice in Adult Social Care, manage complex cases, and supervise staff or improve practice systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide professional social work services to adults and carers.
• Share expertise on legislation, standards, and departmental policies.
• Adhere to Safeguarding policies.
• Supervise staff, manage performance, and support appraisals.
• Support statutory duties under the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Mental Health Act 1983.
• Conduct assessments and formulate support plans.
• Promote partnership working with other teams/agencies.
• Identify and meet staff development needs.
• Support and assess students and newly qualified staff.
• Monitor team performance and participate in financial accountability.
• Lead huddle meetings and ensure risk assessments are in place.
• Participate in service and policy development processes.
• Ensure services are sensitive to Birmingham's diverse community.
• Respond to major emergencies as directed.

Benefits :

Hybrid Working: Home-based with weekly visits to Sparkbrook

Requirements:

• Relevant Occupational Therapy qualifications.
• Experience in adult social care and manual handling.
• 1 year post qualification.
• Immediate availability.
• Strong assessment and review skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• 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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