Occupational Therapist Grade 1 – Sefton MBC – £36.65 p/h

Occupational Therapist Grade 1

Sefton MBC

£36.65 p/h

Sefton Council is looking for a Grade 1 Occupational Therapist to assist with a backlog within Children’s Occupational Therapy, but would consider Adult experience and flexible staff across where required.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

1. Maintain a complex occupational therapy caseload and be responsible for the assessment, support planning and review of complex individual needs and then initiate and co-ordinate a range of outcomes that promote independence.
2. Undertake occupational therapy assessments using a range of health and social care tools, for example: Activity analysis, graded goal setting, environmental risk assessments, specialist equipment provision, risk enablement, moving and handling risk assessments, major adaptation design specifications, Mental Capacity assessments and Continuing Healthcare assessments.
3. Be responsible for the identification of potential reablement and enablement opportunities and provide access to those services as required.
4. Promote a strengths-based approach which embeds the ethos of promoting independence and wellbeing to ensure that people can assess and manage their own needs, risks and uncertainties within their chosen living environment and meet their identified short- and long-term occupational performance goals.
5. Identify community and other natural support resources, maximising individual’s assets and capabilities by using preventative/universal services and other funding sources, in line with the Children Social Care Strategy.
6. Monitor and review ongoing service provision, ensuring all parties involved are fully coordinated, with a focus on wellbeing and outcomes, and that all alternative solutions have been considered.
7. Liaise and negotiate with local providers and support networks to deliver better outcomes.
8. Provide professional information, advice and support to people and their carers, staff and colleagues, by building positive relationships and partnerships.
9. Undertake safeguarding investigation work in relation to people and their specific occupational therapy issues.

Please get in touch if this role is of interest to you!