Job Responsibilities
* National best practice is that reablement services should be therapy led. This is the opportunity to work in the reablement service and to assist reablement managers to improve the therapeutic offer. This will involve contributing to the planning of improvements, overseeing identified agreed actions for improvement and contributing to evidencing the outcomes.
* It will be essential to be able to demonstrate leadership skills within a change management setting to facilitate improvements. It provides an exciting opportunity to lead on developments with the teams and work with the managers to promote and embed improvements.
* There will be a focus on therapy led programmes that are graded in a way that promotes independence and enables individuals to maximise their strengths improving their quality of life and promoting the prevention agenda.
* The post holder will actively promote the work of the service and be a good communicator to work effectively with relevant stakeholders both internal and external to the council.
* There will be initial enhanced support offer for this role.
Main duties of the job To undertake strength based Occupational Therapy assessments, including environmental and functional assessments, capacity assessments and Best Interest Assessments/Decisions with individuals and their carers, ensuring the development and delivery of personalised support to meet the Councils statutory obligation for the protection and support of adults who have care and support needs. Practice within the relevant national legislation, professional standards of practice and organisation policies and procedures and ensure compliance with care/clinical governance principles. Carrying out duties according to instruction, legal and procedural frameworks and individual and organisational performance frameworks. To ensure colleagues are supported by directing the work of other practitioners, giving day-to-day case guidance and advice to practitioner and manager and directing practitioners by providing instruction, coaching and on-the-job training. Assist in allocating work to others and check the quality of work of colleagues in their team to maintain effective teamwork. To assess, develop and review individual support/action/risk plans, recommend the appropriate service, monitor outcomes supported by evidence based practice, ensuring personalised outcomes and appropriate interventions are provided within a legal framework on behalf on Cumbria County Council. To prioritise and manage a caseload to ensure activities are delivered to an agreed timescale.
Cumberland Council is a unitary council responsible for all local authority services for the area of Cumberland, which covers an area of 3,012 square kilometres and has a population of 276,876. The Council was established in 2023 to replace Allerdale Borough Council, Carlisle City Council, Copeland Borough Council and Cumbria County Council.
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