Occupational Therapist

(Full time 37 hrs PW Mon-Fri permanent post). Alternative working hours may be considered for the right candidate.

Ceredigion County Council Occupational Therapy Service.

Are you passionate about using Occupational Therapy to help people live more meaningful lives? Do you value working in a forward thinking, well being focused organisation? If yes, then read on.

Following a recent review of the Occupational Therapy services within Ceredigion County Council, a new service structure has been developed. Both community adult and Paediatric services now work under the same management structure within Ceredigion's through age well-being model.

While the OT roles being advertised sit primarily within the adult service, as the service matures, the team will become more integrated and exciting opportunities to gain paediatric community experience will exist.

We're passionate about the high-quality, person-centred service we provide to the people of Ceredigion and the unique perspective our profession brings to the wider organisation. We believe that at every life stage people are entitled to reach their full potential.

As a team we're proud of our supportive culture and seek to share our strengths, professional skills, and broad knowledge - both in our immediate OT service and with MDT colleagues.

As a qualified Occupational Therapist, you can expect to receive regular professional supervision and protected CPD time.

Your focus in the team will be to:

• competently and effieciently Manage an adult community caseload
• as required provide clinical support, guidance, and formal supervision to OTAs and support staff
• continue to learn and develop specialist professional skills utilising support and opportunties offered by senior OTs
• assist senior OTs to screen and prioritise new referrals as required
• assist senior OTs with service development
• contribute to the teams always improving appraoch to assessment and provision of services
• embrace recent exciting service and organsiational developments in areas such as
  • evolving clinical practice
  • technology enabled care
  • evidence based manual handling (releasing time to care)
  • Penmorfa Centre for Independent Living (PenCIL a community resource)

The community OT role is varied, our goal is to empower people to maximise their own independence while using resources fairly and responsibly, in line with our professional and legislative responsibilities. Our team are experts in :

• adaptations
• manual handling techniques and equipment
• functional assessment
• empowering people with complex long-term conditions
• using compensatory, rehabilitation and person-centred approaches
• MDT working
• identifying new innovative ways to help people live more meaningful lives

As a qualified Occupational Therapist you will be confident in your clinical assessment skills; able to explain why and how you make decisions. Be professionally self-aware, knowing where your own competencies begin and end. You'll be eager to learn and share your knowledge. Most of all you should be as passionate as we are about innovation, teamwork and providing a quality evidence-based service. We work as a team, we value the importance of every team members contribution.

If you share our values, get in touch to discuss this exciting opportunity, or apply now.

These roles benefit from:

• Hybrid Working (potential to work at home and in office, travel within county for face to face assessment also required)
• Flexi time
• Generous Discretionary financial grant to support the right candidate to relocate to Ceredigion

Job Description and Person Specification

For further information or if you wish to discuss this opportunity please contact: Steven Elliott, Team Manager, Steven.Elliott@ceredigion.gov.uk

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk. As part of this commitment, certain roles within our organisation require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to assess the suitability of candidates. This role will require an Enhanced DBS check. Please note that the presence of previous convictions will not necessarily disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. We assess each applicant on a case-by-case basis, and take into account the nature and relevance of any convictions in relation to the responsibilities of the role. Our goal is to create an inclusive and supportive work environment where all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. If you have any concerns or questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact us for clarification. Your privacy and dignity are of utmost importance to us throughout the recruitment process.

What we offer

Work-life balance

Lifestyle savings scheme

Generous employer pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Learning and development

Where you'll work

Porth Gofal - Targeted Intervention Services
We are at the core of Ceredigion's through-age social care provision and we focus on ensuring that each individual receives the intervention that is best placed to meet their needs or, where necessary, guide them to early help or specialist services. Our functions include:

• Porth Gofal Intake and Triage Team
• Targeted Intervention Services
• Fostering Services
• Residential and Day Care Services
• Housing Services
• Integrated Community Equipment Stores
• Emergency Duty Team

More information regarding our teams can be found here.
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