Occupational Therapist Adult Social Care

Working alongside Social Workers and Social Care assessors you will be utilising a strength-based approach to promote independence and well-being. You will work in line with the Care Act to promote service users choice and control in their daily lives while respecting the key elements of the act to ensure service users can contribute to society and continue to have meaningful, autonomous and self-determined lives

• Actively encourage customer participation in the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the service
• Initiate research, recommend best practice and implement changes in policy within a specialist area of service
• Support in the development and operation of team workload management systems to ensure that resources address priority cases and respond to changing needs and circumstances
• Undertake complex assessments and care planning
• Carry out full functional assessments of people of all ages and with a wide range of disabilities. Assessments should also take into account the needs of carers and a carers assessment should be completed as appropriate.
• Advise on appropriate care packages and refer on to other services as necessary
• Recommend and arrange for the provision of specialist equipment, ensure correct installation, instruct client and/or carer in safe use and monitor the effectiveness of the provision as appropriate
• Advise on and facilitate major adaptations, including major adaptations to properties through consultation with service users, Housing department, Environmental Health services, builders and other professionals as appropriate

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

As an Occupational Therapist working in Enfield Adult Social Care you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team. The Occupational Therapist will carry out assessments for older people, adults with disabilities and disabled children to meet the principles of the Care Act 2014. You will assess people with an eligible need and give advice or make recommendations that improve wellbeing and quality of life, by maximising independence and supporting carers

• Social Work England registration

• Working Experience of Adult Social Care

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).