Occupational Therapist

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapist to join its client's Social Care Occupational Therapy Service in Stoke-on-Trent.

This role focuses on community-based assessments, supporting residents with disabilities to maintain independence, and identifying opportunities to improve care arrangements and achieve better outcomes.

Working arrangement:

On-site and community-based working

Flexibility:

Occasional early starts and late finishes to accommodate care calls

Please note that the hourly rate is fixed in line with the Adult Social Care MOC guidelines, with HPIL included. All submissions must comply with MOC requirements.

What will your responsibilities be?

Conduct home visits and functional assessments to identify individual needs.

Advise service users and carers on appropriate interventions and support.

Recommend equipment, home adaptations and referrals to relevant agencies.

Assess existing double-up home care packages to identify opportunities to promote independence and optimise care provision.

Demonstrate daily living equipment and develop functional skills to maximise independence.

Design, recommend and monitor home adaptations in consultation with service users.

Liaise with social care teams, healthcare professionals and partner agencies.

Maintain accurate case records, assessments and professional reports.

Manage a varied caseload, including vulnerable individuals and those with complex needs.

Participate in case conferences, team meetings, supervision and service development.

Qualifications & Experience:

• To be successful in this role you must have, Occupational Therapy qualification and current HCPC registration.
• Experience undertaking functional and home-based assessments.
• Knowledge of equipment, adaptations and promoting independent living.
• Strong communication, assessment and caseload management skills.
• Ability to work on-site and undertake community visits, including occasional flexibility around care calls.
• Why Liquid Personnel?
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
• Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
• Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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