Social Care Occupational Therapist

at  Sanctuary Health

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Care Occupational Therapist to take on a new ongoing contract role.
Location: Spalding
Contract Type: Locum ongoing contract
Occupational Therapist Pay Rate: £47.63 per hour (assignment rate)

REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOCIAL CARE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Recent experience working as an Occupational Therapist
• Recent experience within social services / local authority / council
• Registered with the HCPC

• Responsible for providing statutory professional occupational therapy as part of a team supporting adults with care and support needs to live independently in the community through provision of advice, retraining, equipment and adaptations to their lived environment.
• You will demonstrate through practice experience a commitment to strengths based practice and skills in supporting people to identify and build support networks to achieve their identified outcomes and maximise their independence, providing advice and support to carers.
• This work is done in close collaboration with other specialist colleagues and agencies.
• Any activity will reflect service user’s personal, social, cultural and economic needs and will relate to environmental factors that govern their lifestyle.
• You will be expected to work with autonomy managing a more complex case load and demonstrate a multi-agency approach integrating your practice with colleagues across the health and care sector.
• There is an expectation that the post holder will develop a special interest in a particular area e.g. moving and handling, learning disabilities, equipment, housing, transition and provide advice/support to peers when appropriate. Work may include travel outside the county.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with people who use services that understand the impact and long term consequences of disability. This may involve collaboration and consultation with colleagues in health and other agencies. Assessing people’s needs including any non-social care needs e.g. housing, health care and work.
• Manage a varied and complex caseload with supervision and advice from the Lead Practitioner at a level of complexity appropriate to the post holder’s experience, and professional capability and be accountable for their professional practice.
• Manage a varied and complex caseload with supervision and advice from the Lead Practitioner at a level of complexity appropriate to the post holder’s experience, and professional capability and be accountable for their professional practice.
• Identify and assess needs holistically involving service users and carers. Planning and designing innovative solutions to maximise independence of people with disabilities.
• Able to work as part of a team offering support and specialist advice to colleagues and acting as a representative of occupation therapists as and when required.
• Develop person centred care and support plans which promote independence, rehabilitation and take due regard for the health and safety of people using services, informal carers and care workers.
• Supervise up to four non-registered social care practitioners (e.g. Equipment and Adaptations Officers or Moving and Handling Review Officers), including planning, allocation and checking of work including setting targets, dealing with day to day capability and conduct issues/ providing basic staff welfare and support/ identify training needs.
• Supervise/mentor students or act as Practice Educator, where appropriate to Occupational Therapy students and mentor newly qualified OT’s undertaking the preceptorship programme.
• Undertake moving and handling risk assessments according to the Moving and Handling policy, ensuring that the outcomes are appropriately recorded and the risks managed.
• Able to present cases in appropriate, suitable and concise manner and undertake the tasks required following the decision in a manner which assists progress and contributes to the positive reputation of the Directorate.
• Work in partnership with Agencies in relation to discharge, joint working, recommending services be provided by other agencies and establishment of joint care packages.
• Ensure case files and records are accurate in line with Directorate policies and procedures.
• Work within and act in accordance with Lincolnshire County Council Adult Care policies and procedures including Lincolnshire’s Safeguarding policies and Procedures.
• The post holder may be expected to concentrate on specific areas of work arising from organisational need. This includes developing a special interest in a particular area of practice