Occupational Therapist Reablement

Job Alert - Occupational Therapist Reablement – Wiltshire Council

Salary: £33.00 Per Hour

Hours:

37 Hours
Working

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Contract Length: 6 Months

Location:

Floor 2nd, County Hall - Main, BA14 8JN

Job Details

The candidate will be based in either Monkton Park, Chippenham, or County Hall Trowbridge, but working in Great Western Hospital, Swindon, and Royal United Hospital, Bath,.

The role involves working in partnership with staff in GWH and RUH acute hospitals, supporting with hospital discharge planning into the Reablement Service.

The ideal candidate must have experience of working in a fast paced and busy environment.

Reablement is a short term, therapist led service aiming to prevent, reduce and delay the need for ongoing services.

Reablement supports people to be as independent as possible and includes the provision of information and advice, analysis of needs, provision of equipment and adaptations and targeted assistance from a team of support workers.

The reablement team seek to support people to make use of community and personal assets to achieve their goals.

The overall responsibilities of the reablement team are:

To work with customers and carers/families to identify goals and design creative reablement support plans to achieve them

To connect customers with local resources and facilities.

To operate within legal frameworks and defined budgets for social care.

The team will work closely with colleagues from Health, private providers, the voluntary sector

and others, to support the occupational needs of customers.

Job Purpose

To uphold standards of practice for Occupational Therapists as determined by the regulatory body, the Health and Care Professions Council and the Professional Standards and Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

To undertake occupational therapy assessments with customers. To plan for the provision of support and/ or services with customers in order to assist them meet their outcomes and to live as independently as possible fulfilling their individual potential.

To support carers to continue in their role.

To provide professional supervision and support to Occupational Therapists and Customer Coordinators, working within the same locality/ environment.

To deliver this service in accordance with the statutory responsibilities as set out within social care and housing legislation

To ensure that the primary responsibility of safeguarding adults is delivered in accordance with the law and local policy and guidance.

If interested please apply with your most recent CV