Roles, pay and benefits

In this role you will undertake strengths-based assessments via a variety of mediums (for example, telephone and video assessment, home-based assessment) with the guidance of an HCPC registered occupational therapist (as directed by Care Act 2014), utilising your skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. The plan will include advice, information, the provision of assistive equipment and recommendations for home adaptation.

You will also be expected to carry out risk assessments and undertake assessments under the Mental capacity Act 2007. You will receive induction and training to enable you to undertake your role.

You will work as a part of a strong and dynamic team, forming part of the Regaining Independence Service (RIS) alongside an independent sector reablement provider to deliver the council’s Community Reablement Service.

We are working to expand our reablement offer to a wider group of residents. This role will be pivotal in delivering this change and reaching a wider customer base, supporting and promoting the development of reablement practice through mentoring, coaching and shadowing.

You’ll be working closely with people with disabilities, and/or complex health needs and with those involved in their care. In this role you will undertake strengths-based assessments via a variety of mediums (for example, telephone and video assessment, home-based assessment) with the guidance of an HCPC registered occupational therapist, as directed by Care Act 2014, improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people.

In this role you will be working within a supportive environment to apply your occupational therapy skills to develop and implement support plans, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes, including utilising community assets and ensuring that eligible needs are met.

You will be working within a managed and supportive context to consolidate degree learning, develop capability and strengthen professional confidence in an employment environment. You will be supported with professional supervision and assessment and a workload that is appropriate to your level of professional development, including protected professional development time.

You will work effectively in partnership with other staff and voluntary agencies and gain a good understanding of all the relevant health, voluntary and private services in the area.

In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments applying relevant legislation and utilising Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering personalised outcomes.

You will work effectively in partnership with other staff and voluntary agencies and have a good understanding of all the relevant health, voluntary and private services in the area.

You will be supported with professional supervision and assessment and a workload that is appropriate to your level of professional development.

In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments in complex situations applying relevant legislation utilising advanced Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people.

You will manage a complex caseload collaborating with people and family or friend carers, undertake strengths-based assessments and reviews, identifying eligible needs and personalised outcomes and improving wellbeing.

In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments in highly complex situations maintaining a sophisticated understanding and application of relevant legislation, advanced Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge. You will utilise these skills to develop and implement plans of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people.

You will manage and support others to manage, a varied and complex caseload collaborating with people and family or friend carers, drawing on a wide range of highly developed skills to make sophisticated professional judgements and support others to make judgements aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes.

You will engage with, inform and adapt to challenging organisational contexts and contribute to the development of innovations, systems, policies and procedures that are fit for purpose, support organisational priorities and enhance best practice that contribute to better outcomes.

You’ll lead and manage a team of registered and non-registered professionals ensuring that the service delivered is to a high standard and in line with HCPC standards of practice, national legislation and West Sussex County Council policy and procedure.

You’ll promote effective working practices with colleagues and partner agencies and ensure the delivery of quality Occupational Therapy interventions to West Sussex residents with the aim of meeting customer outcomes, maximising independence and preventing, reducing and delaying the need for services (Care Act 2014).

Management skills are essential as you’ll be responsible for recruiting, managing and developing staff, ensuring effective performance; you’ll also need to be comfortable implementing HR policies including performance management activity.

• Drive outcome focussed planning, assurance and improvement across the system.
• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of evidence-based policies, processes and guidance.
• Develop relationships with health and children’s services.
• Manage a budget and contribute to decisions on spending.
• Manage service delivery through the use of effectively managed resources.

• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of evidence-based policies, processes and guidance.
• Take the professional lead on assigned technical areas specialism.
• Communicate specialist information to a range of audiences and partners both inside and outside the organisation.