Description The Service & Team: As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist in Adult Social Care, you will play a crucial part in enabling adults to live safely, independently, and with dignity. You will be responsible for assessing needs under the Care Act 2014 and the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, ensuring people can remain as independent as possible in their homes and communities. You will: Carry out person-centred assessments and interventions focused on safety, function, and independence Provide specialist advice and recommendations for equipment, minor/major adaptations, and environmental modifications Work in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues, carers, families, and external agencies Use your clinical reasoning to support early intervention, prevention, and strengths-based approaches Maintain accurate, evidence-based records and contribute to service improvement Support students, apprentices and junior colleagues through supervision and shared learning You’ll be empowered to manage your own caseload, use your professional judgment, and continually build your expertise, with guidance from experienced colleagues when needed. We want OTs who are: Motivated, reflective, and passionate about high-quality practice Confident in problem-solving, communication, and prioritisation Able to work independently while contributing positively to a supportive team environment Committed to safeguarding, equality, and the values of Adult Social Care Eager to develop specialist clinical skills in areas such as moving and handling, ergonomics, housing adaptations and environmental design Whether you're newly qualified or already building your experience, we offer solid supervision structures and opportunities for professional growth. Our work stretches between our front door/short term service and long-term team. The short-term team work at pace, using strengths-based and preventative approaches to help people achieve rapid improvements in safety, independence and confidence. Perfect for OTs who enjoy problem-solving, fast decision-making, and seeing immediate results. Long term services work with adults with complex or ongoing needs, building strong therapeutic relationships and delivering in-depth assessments, major adaptations and long-term planning. Ideal for OTs who value continuity, collaborative working and developing specialist expertise. Working Pattern: Week days only. Discussion at interview is welcomed. Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert What you’ll get in return: A welcoming, collaborative OT community within Cornwall Council Regular supervision, CPD, and career development opportunities Support from experienced senior practitioners Opportunities to work creatively and autonomously The chance to make a tangible difference to people’s independence and quality of life A healthier work–life balance — with the coast, countryside and Cornish culture right on your doorstep Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met. Our core employee rewards and benefits include: A competitive salary. A defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions A generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information: Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role. The full role profile is attached here (*Recruiter to link RP) We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact (*Hiring Manager please provide contact details for queries) Application Process Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application. Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle. For further information please contact; Bonnie Joan Old- Therapy Team Lead bonnie.old@cornwall.gov.uk 07531 976348 or Verona Harvey- Therapy Practice Lead verona.harvey@cornwall.gov.uk