Salary: £25- £27 / Hour. Job type: Day to Day Cover. Location: Gateshead.
The client offers a full time and part time contract with an opportunity to work from home, a fair and manageable caseload, and further training in your portfolio. The vacancy will be for an initial 3–6 months with potential for extension.
Responsibilities
* Assessment of service users and carers with complex needs in relation to home environment
* Providing expert advice, and assessments for equipment and home modifications
* Adaptations, moving and handling assessments and reducing or minimising the need for care packages.
* An awareness of the importance of safeguarding vulnerable people, plus an understanding of the importance of dignity & respect when dealing with people.
Qualifications
* Previous experience working as an Occupational Therapist in the community
* Manual handling experience
* HCPC Registration
* Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
* Eligibility to work in the UK
* Occupational Therapist Qualification
Benefits
Our client offers the opportunity for additional training for both permanent and temporary members of staff within the authority. With new projects underway in various teams, they offer a very competitive rate of pay. Also free onsite parking is offered to all staff.
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