Overview
At Kent County Council, Occupational Therapy is viewed as a critical service in enabling people to live their lives in the way that most matters to them. Our community Occupational Therapy Teams are co-located with our in-house enablement services and work alongside our Community Social Work, Adult Social Care Connect and Short-term pathway teams. This gives us the opportunity to work in a co-ordinated, preventative, and creative way to maximise people’s independence.
We currently have opportunities for Occupational Therapists to join our West Kent South, Swale and Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley community teams.
Responsibilities / What you will do
* Support people to live independently by delivering occupational therapy assessments and interventions in community settings, including people’s own homes or short-term assessment beds (as required).
* Collaborate with enablement services, social care teams and pathway colleagues to provide coordinated care and preventative support.
* Contribute to moving and handling, enablement techniques, specialist equipment and major adaptations to improve quality of life.
What we offer
We offer an excellent induction and ongoing training package, to facilitate you to develop your expertise within moving and handling, enablement techniques, specialist equipment and major adaptations, thus ensuring that the people we support receive high quality, personalised interventions that genuinely improve lives.
You will receive regular individual supervision from a registered Occupational Therapy Lead and a tailored personal development plan to enable you to develop your career pathway within Kent and be the best that you can be.
Kent County Council is committed to flexible and hybrid working opportunities and although we complete our assessments and interventions within a person’s own residence or short-term assessment bed setting, our Occupational Therapists work their non-clinical time between an office base and / or their home.
Kent County Council is also committed to ensuring that it is increasingly accessible to the public outside of traditional office hours and although Occupational Therapists are not working on a rota basis to deliver a service seven days per week, this may be required in the future.
Requirements / Eligibility
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Team locations
* 1 full time position in our West Kent South team.
* 1 full time position in our Swale team.
* 1 full time position in our Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley team.
Interviews will be held face to face on the 20 th October 2025.
Contact
For more information please contact: Helen Crampton, Operation Manager for OT Services in West and North Kent.
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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county\'s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.
Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.
Location West Kent South team based at Worrall House, West Malling, DGS team based at Civic Centre Gravesend and Swale team based at Swale Local Office Sittingbourne, United Kingdom
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