The role
About Southwark
Southwark is an ambitious, vibrant, culturally diverse and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude. We are successful, passionate, forward-thinking and value our people. We celebrate diversity and seek to find effective and creative ways of supporting our communities. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
About the role
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to work in Southwark's Assessment and Intake Team. Based at our modern offices on Queens Road in lively Peckham. Covering the whole of Southwark, this role offers the opportunity to play an integral part in enabling our residents to maximise their independence and empower them to achieve their goals.
Assessment and Intake is a team of Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Assistant Practitioners and is part of Southwark's Older People and Physical Disabilities service. We carry out strengths based intervention that focuses on maximising our resident's independence and empowers them to achieve their goals.
Southwark is proud of it's training offer, for Occupational therapists, we have recently held sessions on OT and the Law, Mental Capacity Act for OTs, regular moving and handling refreshers, as well as adaptations training from a specialist provider.
OTs may also have the opportunity to attend conferences and other events in line with their learning and development goals.
The full list of benefits can be seen on our recruitment site: https://www.southwarkadultsocialcarejobs.co.uk/benefits/
About You
To apply, you’ll need a degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy, or equivalent qualification, with current Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
You will work in an autonomous way and will hold a varied caseload. It is beneficial if you are experienced in risk assessment, have an awareness of minor and major adaptations, such as level access showers and stairlifts. You should be familiar with the provision of simple and complex equipment, including moving and handling equipment, such as hoists, slings and standing aids or be willing to learn and develop these skills.
As you develop within the role, there will be opportunity for you to develop your leadership and management skills through supervision of unqualified staff and by supporting students as a practice placement educator.
You should have up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, challenges and developments within OT and social care and should possess high quality written and verbal skills. Ideally you should have experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and with multiple agencies to facilities holistic assessment and be able to work collaboratively to support people to achieve their goals and maximise independence.
Additional salary details
In recognition of the contribution of Occupational Therapy, this post attracts an additional one-off recruitment and retention payment of £2300.
The first payment is made when the post holder starts, and the second payment is made after the probation period ends, and will be made to those continuing employment with LBS after that review*
*full terms available upon request
Recruitment timetable
Applications close on 31/1/2023
Interviews to be held on 9/2/2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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