Occupational Therapist

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Would you like to join our Adult Care Assessment and Triage Team (ACATT)? 

We’re looking to recruit a professionally qualified and fully HCPC registered Occupational Therapist to join this established team. 

As part of our Adult Care Team you will be required to take an integrated and strength-based approach to deliver a proportionate, personalised, safe and sustainable response for local adults, their carer’s and families.  

Your role will include assessment of and timely response to adult’s presenting with a wide variety of needs, disabilities and circumstances. This will involve positive risk taking and the ability to contribute to inter agency and multi-disciplinary approaches both across the council and in other statutory bodies are key to this role. 

You will be providing specialist advice, undertaking assessment functional skills, and delivering housing-related or care-related support, including equipment and major adaptations. You will be undertaking assessments remotely, using a variety of mediums and techniques for engaging with people.  

As an occupational therapist in the team, you will be supported in your professional development, access regular peer support and receive clinical and line management supervision. 

The team is based in Shand House, Darley Dale. We are continuing to offer a hybrid approach to working, so you will be able to work both in the office and at home to suit your needs and the needs of the service. 

Here’s what our team tell us about working here: 

• The Team are really welcoming and accepting - there’s great support, especially for new people 
• It’s really rewarding to be able to provide quick outcomes that make a difference to people
• You get to work with a real variety of cases 
• There are great learning opportunities 

Occupational Therapists will be recruited at Grade 9 or 11 depending on knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in the recruitment process.  

Provisional interview Date: week commencing 10th April 2023.

This is a part time post offered at 22.2 hours per week (3 days). If you are interested in alternative part-time hours, we’d be pleased to hear from you, please contact us to discuss.

For an informal chat about either post please contact Josie Hill on 01629 531139 / josie.hill@derbyshire.gov.uk  

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.