Specialist Reablement Therapy Lead (reference: SCC/TP/287916/3278)

Surrey County Council; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey County Council is seeking an innovative Reablement Therapy Lead to enhance the Reablement Service. This role involves managing a team, collaborating with various partners, and implementing strength-based approaches to support residents in promoting wellbeing and independence. The ideal candidate will hold HCPC registration and have experience in mental health or learning disabilities.

Benefits

26 days' holiday rising to 30 days

Agile working opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Lifestyle discounts

Learning and development hub

2 paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Knowledge of managing and supporting staff in a therapy setting.
• Experience working with mental health and/or learning disability and autism.
• Ability to travel and work collaboratively across various teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and guidance to Occupational Therapists and staff.
• Implement changes to improve the service with the Reablement Transformation team.
• Support training sessions for Reablement staff.

Skills

Managing and supporting staff

Collaborative working

Strength-based interventions

Education

HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist

Job description

• Location: Fairmount House, Bull Hill, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7AH

Description

The starting salary for this position is £52,947 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.

We are looking for an innovative Reablement Therapy Lead who will work alongside the Therapy Manager, senior managers and Area Occupational Therapy Leads to implement the management of the Reablement Service.

Please note that later this year the Team will be moving from Fairmount House in Leatherhead to Mole Valley District Council's office in Dorking, where several of Surrey's Adult Social Care teams are based.

What we can offer you:

• 26 days' holiday rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• Agile working opportunities – your work/life balance is important to us!
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About Us

Surrey County Council is an ambitious organisation, with a focus on standing up for the interests of Surrey residents, promoting independence and ensuring they get the services they need. At our very heart we are committed to improving outcomes for our most vulnerable residents, aiming to empower them to live healthy, active and fulfilling lives and providing everyone with the health and social care support they need to promote their independence.

The Reablement Service supports this agenda by supporting people in their own homes to promote wellbeing and independence through skills gain programmes and we are embedding a therapy-led Reablement offer.

About the role

In this role you will provide expertise knowledge, guidance and advice to Occupational Therapists, specialist workers and Reablement workers within the service and understand how to embed and ensure staff use a strengths-based approach in their assessment and intervention of every service user.

You will work alongside the Reablement Transformation team to support and roll out changes to improve the service, as well as with partners across the Council's locality teams and hospital teams, focusing on ensuring we support residents and reduce the need for long term support. You will also support preceptorship Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Trainees and take a lead role in facilitating training sessions for Reablement staff.

This role includes overseeing the Mental Health and Learning Disability and Autism pathways within Reablement, taking responsibility for the Occupational Therapists and specialist workers that work within the specialist pathways. You will also support the teams in managing an increase in referrals to the specialist pathways as part of the transformation project being carried out and will also support the triaging committee to continue to accept appropriate referrals and provide training to ensure our specialist workers are upskilled.

In return you will be joining a team of innovative and supportive occupational therapists and we can offer you the support you need to succeed; we are committed to your personal development with us and offer regular, high-quality supervision and training opportunities together with several staff benefits and wellbeing options. The Reablement Service has entered an exciting phase of Transformation in which we are expanding our number of occupational therapists and focusing on their development to ensure we are a therapy-led service.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Your knowledge and experience of managing and supporting staff.
• Experience of working with Mental health and/or Learning disability and Autism.
• Your ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in Reablement and our partner agencies to deliver personalised, strength-based interventions.
• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• You will need to have the ability to travel across the whole county and may be required to attend meetings outside usual working hours, to meet the needs of the people we support.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

For an informal discussion about the role or to learn more, please contact:

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 23/06/2025 with interviews to follow.

Local Government Reorganisation

Surrey County Council is preparing for Local Government Reorganisation which will allow us to implement the Government led policy of devolution, which is all about giving more powers to local areas.

Currently, Surrey has a two-tier council system, with 11 district and borough councils and a county council, all responsible for different services. All these councils will be reorganised into a smaller number of new unitary councils which will come into effect in April 2027. At this point, this role will be transferred, with all existing terms and conditions intact into one of the new unitary councils.

Join our dynamic team and shape the future of local government. Make a lasting impact with innovative solutions and improved services for our community. Help us build a brighter future for our residents!

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Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.