Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for its client for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join a Local Authority team in Leicester.

This is a fantastic opportunity to support adults, older people, children and young people with disabilities and additional needs, helping them maintain independence, safety and quality of life within their own homes and communities. 

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Assess for and arrange specialist equipment to support daily living, providing demonstrations and guidance to service users, families and carers.
• Undertake functional and home environment assessments, identifying appropriate interventions to promote independence.
• Assess and recommend minor and major home adaptations, including coordinating major adaptation cases.
• Complete moving and handling assessments and recommend appropriate equipment and interventions.
• Maintain accurate case records, complete professional reports and meet departmental recording standards.
• Liaise with healthcare professionals, voluntary organisations and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate support.
• Participate in case conferences, safeguarding meetings and multidisciplinary reviews.
• Provide guidance, training and supervision to Occupational Therapy Assistants and students where required.

Benefits: 

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Qualifications & Experience: 

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and relevant professional registration.
• Local Authority or community-based Occupational Therapy experience.
• Experience undertaking equipment, adaptations and functional assessments.
• Good knowledge of moving and handling, disability needs and promoting independence.
• Strong written and verbal communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload and work effectively with multidisciplinary teams. 

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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