JustOT are seeking a skilled and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Social Care team in Hull.
Hourly rate :£33.72 per hour
Location: Hull
Hours & Days to be Worked: Working times can be negotiated via discussion with manager.
Must be available to office working and maximum 1 day a week working from home in order to be able to provide support to OTA and newly qualified OT staff.
Essential Requirements : HCPC registered, 3 years Social Services Experience
Occupational Therapy is a vital function of Adult Social Care, ensuring that individuals can maintain their independence and live life to the fullest in their own homes. Occupational Therapy input is available across Adult Social Care, working closely with Social Care colleagues and with health professionals to support individuals to help themselves through realising their own goals and improving their wellbeing.
Job Description:
To provide an Occupational Therapy Service which enables people to maintain or achieve optimum functional ability, resilience and independence.
The post-holder will deliver strengths-based, person-centred and solution focused interventions which respect the person as the expert in their life. They will have conversations enabling people to shape their own lives, identify their own goals and provide interventions to sustain their independence and wellbeing as part of a proportionate assessment process.
To provide information, advice and support to people to:
1. Develop their own skills knowledge and abilities to self-care
2. Develop supportive relationships with families, friends and neighbours
3. Support people to access community groups and voluntary organisations
4. Support people to use universal services as far as possible
To use and assist people with access to use Connect to Support for information and advice about community groups and voluntary organisations that can help the individual remain independent, and support their own wellbeing. To help people access Connect to Support if they wish to purchase goods and services themselves as someone who pays for part or all of their own care and support.
To provide practical support including fitting and demonstrating equipment, adaptations and equipment to maintain people's independence. To maximize the use of assistive technology in pursuit of independence choice and control of the person using services.
To provide information, advice, support and training to individuals relating to their personal skills, knowledge and abilities, about how to look after their health and social care needs.
To support individuals to develop relationships and contacts with community groups and organisations that might be able to help the individual look after their health and social care needs. In so doing help to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and delayed discharges from hospital.
To refer into and support people to access the Social Prescribing Service where this is helpful to the individual.
To contribute or lead (as appropriate) case management procedures including case conferences, safeguarding reviews and best interest decision making.
To work collaboratively across adult social care and its partners to achieve this. To provide information, advice, support and training to staff to ensure they can help people to generate positive and appropriate outcomes for people.
To work specifically with housing partners / surveyors to ensure adaptations to people's homes are delivered to meet their needs, undertaking joint assessments and reviews to facilitate this as necessary.
When you work with JustOT, you will have access to a range of benefits that will support you in your role. Our dedicated one-to-one service ensures that you have the support you need to thrive in your role. Our fast-track registration process allows you to start your new role as soon as possible. The excellent rates of pay, and assistance with travel and accommodation are designed to make your transition as smooth as possible. We also offer weekly pay that is always on time, and access to exclusive NHS and private sector jobs. There is no registration fee, and you will have access to free online training and nationwide occupational therapy job opportunities.
If you are not available for this position, we encourage you to refer a friend and take advantage of our £250 referral bonus. T&C's apply.
If you're interested in working as a locum with JustOT, apply now!
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