The Role
About Southwark
Southwark represents a place of huge excitement and opportunity with a vibrant spirit pushing to achieve more for residents. Our borough is home to the architectural gem The Shard and world-famous attractions such as the Tate Modern, Borough Market, Dulwich Picture Gallery and Tower Bridge. It is a place of growth, development and opportunity.
The service continues to develop and we hope in time to be able to offer the opportunity to rotate posts across our services. We offer excellent training, flexible working patterns (subject to service demands) with a generous Annual Leave entitlement.
The Role
We are recruiting a number of Occupational Therapist positions across our Community Teams. You will have the opportunity to work along side Social Workers, Reablement and hospital colleagues. The Occupational Therapy role is pivotal in supporting the day-to-day running of an integrated Adult Social Care team, working across all services. You will work primarily with Adults but there maybe an opportunity to take on some paediatric cases. In Southwark Occupational Therapists have access to a wide range of equipment to enable service users, and we are developing strong relationships with housing colleagues. Working alongside your peers, you will be responsible for having a manageable caseload. You will be required to provide timely and proportionate intervention to our service users and maximise independence where possible.
About You
The successful applicant will need to have “a can do attitude” and actively seek continuous professional development in their practice. We are looking for resilient practitioners who can manage competing demands and prioritise their work effectively. The role requires applicants who are confident decision makers and who can stay calm under pressure.
You must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) having successfully completed an approved qualification in occupational therapy. Do you think you have what it takes to ensure that Southwark remains a great place to live and work? If so, we would like to hear from you.
Here are some of the good things our OTs say about being part of the Occupational Therapy workforce in Southwark (February 2020)
- Reablement is a key focus in Southwark for people with physical and mental health needs
- OT’s across the system are well connected for learning and support
- We encourage a collaborative approach, i.e with Learning Disabilities colleagues in Health, Speech and Language Therapy, District Nursing, Housing
- Integrated teams with multi professional membership, and regular opportunities for joint working
- Southwark is a place of innovation with several new roles for OT’s in test phases
- Strong links with other Local Authorities to benchmark and share learning
- Close relationships with Mental Health Adult Social Care
- Opportunities for growth through complexity of service users
- Strong peer and management support structure
- Place of digital innovation
Additional Details
This job advert is recruiting for 3 posts:
2 x full time post 36 hours per week, 1 x Part time post 18 hours per week
Please indicate your preferences on the personal statement.
This position will require an enhanced DBS check.
Benefits: https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Application Process:
If you are interested in applying for this role, please complete the online application form and detail your suitability for the role, by using the Personal Specification to highlight your skills for the shortlisting criteria.
Please indicate your preferences on the personal statement: full time or part time
The Person Specification can be found at the bottom of this page under attachments.
Recruitment Timetable
Closing Date: 14 February 2021
Interview and Assessments : 3 March 2021 - 4 March 2021
SWCHTF
(COVID-19) - information for job applicants Southwark Council are following the most recent Government guidelines surrounding Corona virus. During this period, we still look forward to receiving your application and if successful, we will be conducting interviews remotely via video link. Details will be confirmed via email, if successful.
We look forward to receiving your application.
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