Occupational Therapist / Senior Occupational Therapist Apply online
Community Team About Us
Working for us at West Sussex County Council is all about making a positive difference to the people of West Sussex. This is a great opportunity for you to join us as a qualified occupational therapist. We’re embracing a strengths-based approach and working within a community-led support model that builds on the assets and strengths of both people and their local communities. Together, we’ll focus on prevention, enablement, reablement and safety, to promote wellbeing and independence. We’ll ensure that residents, families, and communities have the right support in place, and at the right time. We provide a working environment that values professional supervision and offers the right balance between challenge and support. This provides our workforce with what they need to deliver the best possible outcomes for our residents. We work to ensure that innovation and evidence-based practice underpins what we do and that we maintain an environment within which our occupational therapists can develop and progress in their careers. If you have the talent and ambition to achieve the best for the people we serve, then we will support you to progress and develop throughout your occupational therapy career. About The Job
Salary:
NJC grade 9-11 depending on experience: £35,235-£45,718 Working Pattern:
Full time Contract Length:
Permanent Location:
Worthing or Littlehampton (hybrid working) You will work as part of a strong and dynamic Occupational Therapy service. In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments applying relevant legislation and utilising Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. You will manage a caseload collaborating with people and family or friend carers, undertake strengths-based assessments and reviews, identifying eligible needs and personalised outcomes. You will be working within a supportive environment to apply your occupational therapy skills to develop and implement support plans, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes, including utilising community assets, and ensuring that eligible needs are met. You will be working within a managed and supportive context, applying learning to further develop capability, and professional confidence. You will be supported with professional supervision and assessment and a workload that is appropriate to your level of professional development. *If applying for the Senior Occupational Therapist role you will be expected to supervise junior staff in addition to the above. Experience and Skills
Required qualifications and/or experience include: Diploma / BSc Occupational Therapy or recognised equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification. Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Rewards and Benefits
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our
Rewards and Benefits
page. Further Information
The reference number for this role is
CAFHE05489 . For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Helen Thomas (Team Manager, Community Occupational Therapy (Worthing and Littlehampton) at email address helen.thomas2@westsussex.gov.uk To apply, upload your CV and cover letter explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to HCPC registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check. West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged. For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran’s Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our
application help
page.
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Community Team About Us
Working for us at West Sussex County Council is all about making a positive difference to the people of West Sussex. This is a great opportunity for you to join us as a qualified occupational therapist. We’re embracing a strengths-based approach and working within a community-led support model that builds on the assets and strengths of both people and their local communities. Together, we’ll focus on prevention, enablement, reablement and safety, to promote wellbeing and independence. We’ll ensure that residents, families, and communities have the right support in place, and at the right time. We provide a working environment that values professional supervision and offers the right balance between challenge and support. This provides our workforce with what they need to deliver the best possible outcomes for our residents. We work to ensure that innovation and evidence-based practice underpins what we do and that we maintain an environment within which our occupational therapists can develop and progress in their careers. If you have the talent and ambition to achieve the best for the people we serve, then we will support you to progress and develop throughout your occupational therapy career. About The Job
Salary:
NJC grade 9-11 depending on experience: £35,235-£45,718 Working Pattern:
Full time Contract Length:
Permanent Location:
Worthing or Littlehampton (hybrid working) You will work as part of a strong and dynamic Occupational Therapy service. In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments applying relevant legislation and utilising Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. You will manage a caseload collaborating with people and family or friend carers, undertake strengths-based assessments and reviews, identifying eligible needs and personalised outcomes. You will be working within a supportive environment to apply your occupational therapy skills to develop and implement support plans, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes, including utilising community assets, and ensuring that eligible needs are met. You will be working within a managed and supportive context, applying learning to further develop capability, and professional confidence. You will be supported with professional supervision and assessment and a workload that is appropriate to your level of professional development. *If applying for the Senior Occupational Therapist role you will be expected to supervise junior staff in addition to the above. Experience and Skills
Required qualifications and/or experience include: Diploma / BSc Occupational Therapy or recognised equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification. Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Rewards and Benefits
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our
Rewards and Benefits
page. Further Information
The reference number for this role is
CAFHE05489 . For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Helen Thomas (Team Manager, Community Occupational Therapy (Worthing and Littlehampton) at email address helen.thomas2@westsussex.gov.uk To apply, upload your CV and cover letter explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to HCPC registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check. West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged. For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran’s Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our
application help
page.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
