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Occupational Therapy Assessment Officer, London
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Client:
Greenwich Council
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
996b2e4469f5
Job Views:
5
Posted:
02.07.2025
Expiry Date:
16.08.2025
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Job Description:
Occupational Therapy Assessment Officer
Specialist Community Occupational Therapy and Sensory Services (SCOTSS)
Royal Borough of Greenwich
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Specialist Community Occupational Therapy (OT) and Sensory Services Team. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who wants to develop their skills and is looking for a new challenge in the workplace. We would value keen, creative individuals who thrive on enhancing services.
This role requires the post-holder to undertake community visits, often working alone and may require physical exertion assisting with equipment provision and the moving & handling of clients. Please consider the physical aspect of the role before you consider applying, or alternatively, call to discuss the requirements before applying.
The successful candidate will have:
Level 3 NVQ in Health / Social Care related qualification or equivalent experience
* A good understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy in adult social care.
* The ability to undertake functional assessments / interventions to deliver Occupational Therapy services.
* Be knowledgeable of relevant legislation with an awareness of working with vulnerable adults in a social care setting.
* Awareness of the requirements of lone working, completing assessments in client’s homes / care establishments, joint working with other Social Care / housing / health colleagues and safeguarding duties, including risk assessments.
Royal Borough of Greenwich can offer you professional supervision, good terms and conditions, career development and a welcoming supportive team environment.
As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).
Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.
Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.
How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Our Staff Values: are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.
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