London, United Kingdom

Occupational Therapist

 Job Description:

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Havering to assist with the appointment of a Occupational Therapist, on a 5.5-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £22.72 - £28.84 per Hour

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the delivery of an effective Adult social care service as part of a social care team, improving outcomes for People and Carers.
  • Carry out high quality holistic assessments, using strengths based, personcentred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for people and carers.
  • Provide a person-centred, asset based interventions to enable people to optimise and maximise their abilities, by utilising a strengths based approach.
  • Manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs and risk assessments, care planning and safeguarding investigations.
  • Undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post as required by the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and any other relevant legislation.

Qualifications:

  • Professional occupational therapy qualification as recognised by the HCPC
  • Current HCPC registration
  • Experience of completing assessments and reviews
  • Experience of working with people and their carers in a community setting.

Please note:

  • You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
  • You should have right to work in U.K
  • This role requires an enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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  Required Skills:

Discretion Mental Health Pay Interventions Legislation Registration Reviews LTD Planning Business