Occupational Therapist

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist
Area:  East London Social Services
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing.                    
Job details:  The Access Team is a front door (fast paced) service which accepts and receives referrals on a daily basis. The team manages urgent or immediate as well as short-term referrals, urgent manual handling and scheduled or unscheduled reviews of all equipment. The team is a multi-disciplinary team which includes senior staff, contact workers (who takes the referrals), Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, care assessors, social workers. The service provides support across the borough. Varied caseload – Referrals come in on a daily basis and staff are expected to receive urgent manual handling cases/referrals every day and attend visits on the same day of the referral. As requirement to follow up on OT assessments and review equipment and/or recommend additional equipment. Staff are on rota in the office about x2 a week and are required to complete daily visits every day. Complexity of cases: OT required to work in partnership with other professionals, Assessments to be strengths based – OT assessments, OT reviews, Mental Capacity assessments/carers assessments or other tasks as and when required. Skills/experience: Essential – Knowledge of various legislations not limiting but includes: (e.g. Care Act 2014, Equality legislations, Mental health Act, safeguarding and making safeguarding personal, GDPR and Data Protection policies, health and safety act, risks assessment and clinical reasoning for equipment. Good communication/assessment and written skills. Ability to prioritise case load and working in a fast-paced environment. Experience working in adult social services and working with large and small equipment. Experience – desirable – Using social care database (Liquid Logic). Car driver. Staff are expected to come into the office at least two days per week to support with duty functions. Mandatory training is provided for all staff. as well as monthly supervision and informal supervision/discussion as and when needed.
Code: U. RQ1411246. 027011.B13689