Liquid Personnel
Senior Occupational Therapist - Independent Living Service
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Liquid Personnel is recruiting Senior Occupational Therapist for its client's Independent Living Service Team at Bolton.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Independent Living Service in Bolton on a 3-month contract. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Disability Officers and Community Assessment Officers, working alongside specialist Sensory and Telecare teams.
This is a fantastic opportunity to use your clinical expertise to help adults maximise their independence, improve wellbeing and remain safely within their communities.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Undertake assessments and reviews of need in accordance with the Care Act 2014.
- Assess individuals' functional needs and identify appropriate support.
- Provide specialist advice on techniques, equipment and adaptations.
- Support people to maximise their independence and wellbeing.
- Signpost and connect individuals with universal, community and voluntary services.
- Work collaboratively with service users, carers and colleagues to achieve positive outcomes.
- Support colleagues across other areas of the service when required.
- Contribute to innovative approaches across health and social care.
- Help improve the experience and outcomes of service users and carers.
- Develop and maintain positive professional relationships with individuals, families and carers.
- Participate effectively in interdisciplinary and partnership working.
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Benefits:
- £35.00 per hour
- 3-month locum contract
- Senior-level Occupational Therapy opportunity
- Join an established multidisciplinary Independent Living Service
- Opportunity to contribute to innovative health and social care practice
- Help people maintain independence and improve their quality of life
- Referral Bonus: Know a Senior Occupational Therapist who could be a great fit? Refer them to us and you could be eligible for a referral bonus if they successfully secure a placement.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Current professional registration as an Occupational Therapist.
- Strong post-qualified OT experience.
- Experience working within Adult Social Care, community services or a similar environment.
- Knowledge and practical application of the Care Act 2014.
- Experience assessing functional needs and recommending appropriate equipment and adaptations.
- A person-centred, strengths-based approach to assessment and intervention.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to work confidently as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- A commitment to promoting independence, wellbeing and positive outcomes.
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 *
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Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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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