Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to deliver high‑quality, creative, and strength‑based interventions within the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. The role involves supporting adults with complex needs through assessments, major adaptations, and equipment recommendations, enabling service users to maintain independence and safety within the community.

What will your responsibilities be? 

Assessment & Intervention:

• Use a strength-based approach to complete assessments and develop OT support plans.
• Work creatively to meet service users’ functional, environmental, and health needs.
• Conduct complex moving and handling assessments.
• Advise on daily living challenges and community services (LD, Mental Health, Primary Care).
• Implement risk reduction strategies via equipment, techniques, or technology.
• Recommend and order appropriate and cost-effective equipment and major/minor adaptations.
• Provide demonstrations and training to service users, families, and carers on equipment use.
• Keep up to date with new assistive technology and equipment developments.

Professional Standards & Service Delivery:

• Adhere to HCPC standards and RBKC OT service policies.
• Maintain high-quality professional documentation and concise records.
• Work collaboratively with health and community agencies to ensure continuity of care.
• Contribute to departmental policies, service improvements, and project work.
• Achieve required performance targets and meet deadlines.

 Supervision & Team Contribution:

• Supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants and OT Students when required.
• Share new knowledge and training insights with the team.
• Represent the OT service at internal/external meetings or working groups.

Professional Development: 

• Identify training needs and attend internal/external CPD opportunities.
• Maintain development logs and support learning across the team.
• Stay current with updates in OT practice, legislation, and social care provision.

IT/ System:

• Use relevant IT systems including:
  • Personal Index
  • Email (Lotus Notes/Outlook)
  • Word / PowerPoint
  • Intranet / Internet
• Complete mandatory digital training as required.

Requirements:

• HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist
• Experience with:
  • Complex moving & handling cases
  • Major home adaptations (DFG knowledge beneficial)
• Strong community-based assessment experience
• Excellent communication and clinical reasoning abilities

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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