We apply a career grade system to our Occupational Therapist roles, meaning your starting salary will depend on your competencies, experience, and qualifications. We then support staff to progress through the career grade in line with their development against the requirements at each step of the grade. In order to maintain the right balance of skills and experience across our team, we are ideally looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience of post qualifying practice in (Occupational Therapy). However, we are still keen to hear from candidates who are more recently qualified, particularly if you have gained experience and transferable skills working with people who use our services in other contexts. Who we are looking for… An enthusiastic, holistic, customer focused and dedicated Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy service in Kendal. You will work with customers in their own homes, completing Care Act Assessments to provide functional Occupational Therapy assessments for customers aged 18 and above. Within your role you will display the skills needed to support individuals to manage their lives independently, using appropriate adaptive techniques or equipment, working with their strengths, interests and networks. You will signpost to partner agencies and work closely with OT, Social Work, Reablement, HAWcs, and Health colleagues to ensure individual’s independence is maximised. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive and nurturing environment. You will be given experience of customers needing moving and handling support, specialist seating assessments. You will do recommendations for the provision of Disabled Facilities Grants for major adaptations such as wet rooms, stairlifts, home extensions, etc, you will assess for and recommend minor adaptations. You will work with customers presenting with a range of conditions and gain experience of doing strength based, holistic assessments with individuals aged 18 to over 100. No two days will be the same. What can we offer you! Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk) Would you like to find out more? For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments: Grade 11: Post Specification Role Profile Grade 13: Post Specification Role Profile If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact Claire Jackson (South Lakes Team Manager) on Claire.Jackson@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk or 07833 481405. Or Katie Grant (OT Service Manager/Principal OT) on katie.grant@westmorlandandfurnss.gov.uk or Mobile: 07741765216 To apply please click the Apply Now link below.