What will your responsibilities be?

You will play a key role in supporting children and families through specialist assessments, equipment provision and home adaptations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out holistic assessments of children and young people with disabilities within their home environments.
• Assessing, recommending and providing specialist equipment, including seating, moving and handling, bathing and toileting equipment.
• Assessing for and contributing to minor and major home adaptations.
• Supporting families and carers with practical advice, guidance and reassurance.
• Working collaboratively with NHS colleagues, schools, council services and other partner agencies.
• Contributing to child-centred and outcome-focused care planning.
• Managing your own caseload and ensuring positive outcomes for children and families.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Access to a network of experienced professionals across health, education and social care.
• A rewarding opportunity to make a genuine difference to children and families.

The role will involve working across various settings, including Number 1 Riverside, children's homes and schools when required.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• A recognised Occupational Therapy qualification.
• Experience working within Occupational Therapy services.
• Experience in equipment provision and home adaptations.
• The ability to independently manage a caseload.
• Excellent communication and multi-agency working skills.
• A genuine passion for improving outcomes for children with disabilities.

Knowledge and experience of children's specialist equipment would be desirable, although support and development will be provided.

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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