Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist for its client’s Specialist Community Service Team in Peterborough. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Locum Occupational Therapist to deliver a specialist community-based Occupational Therapy service to disabled people of all ages with complex needs. What will your responsibilities be? You will work as an autonomous practitioner, managing a defined caseload and delivering high-quality, needs-led Occupational Therapy interventions across the community. Key responsibilities include: Delivering specialist OT services to individuals with complex health, social, psychological/psychosocial and housing needs Independently managing a defined caseload, applying advanced problem-solving, clinical reasoning and professional judgement Progressing interventions to closure with appropriate reviews and outcome evaluation Applying relevant legislation and guidance, including the Care Act, housing legislation, moving & handling legislation, and RCOT professional standards Assessing the interaction between health, housing and social factors Interpreting technical plans and advising on housing construction/design, adaptations and Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) recommendations Providing advice and support to people, families and carers, including teaching and demonstrating techniques and equipment to maximise independence Arranging provision of standard and specialist disability equipment, seeking authorisation for non-standard items and ensuring cost-effective, needs-led decisions Completing holistic assessments that reflect individuals’ views, wishes and cultural needs Working effectively with partner agencies where required Maintaining accurate and timely records in line with legal and organisational requirements Providing moving & handling best-practice guidance, including complex risk assessments and recommendations for other agencies where appropriate Qualifications & Experience: To be successful in this role you must have, Qualified Occupational Therapist Significant experience in community-based or specialist OT roles Strong knowledge of housing, adaptations, DFGs, equipment provision and moving & handling Confident working autonomously with complex cases This role offers varied and flexible working arrangements and would suit an experienced OT looking for a high-level specialist community post. Why Liquid Personnel? Free DBS and compliance service Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us * Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. BH - 198441 GH - 34723