Occupational Therapist

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist
Area:  London Social Services
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing 
Job details:  3 days in the office per week. JD available on request:

• To undertake Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions for the generic Adult Social Care service within the City of London.
• To work as part of the Reablement service ensuring compliance with CQC requirements.
• To ensure delivery of a service that is responsive, high quality, value for money and meets the City’s statutory requirements. 

• Full time post
• 60% days in office
• Role includes ASC tasks with your own caseload such as home assessment, recommendations, equipment provision, order, review, minor adaptations and major adaptations. Wet-rooms, stairlifts, ramping.
• Manual handling assessments, reviews and specialist seating assessment and provision, review of carers input.  
• Reablement assessments and support with reviews of clients, making recommendations for care package reductions/changes/care grid updates with tasks. Reviewing/training carers for reablement tasks.
• Major adaptations completion of specs and diagrams.
• Duty support with equipment order for discharge/equipment delivery facilitation
• Welfare contacts-phone calls/home visits
• Liaising with NRS/IIT/ACRT/CMHT, community rehab teams etc.
• Attend two monthly meetings. One business focus and one development focus. 
• Project work as required.
• Telecare assessments and provisions, link with Camden care line (responder).
• Housing assessments & recommendations.
• Use of mosaic database, word, excel etc.
• Out of borough visits as required. 
• Not exhaustive/multi skill/generic.
• Allocations frequency varies and numbers. Caseload varies but usually less than 15 or so at any one time. 

Working hours: Full time. Monday to Friday, 09.00 – 17.00.
Code: U. 436475. 016010.B13258