Occupational Therapist / Experienced Occupational Therapist – Rehabilitation Service Occupational Therapist, full time (37 hours), permanent Grade 11 (£42,839)– Entry Occupational Therapist grade - registration with HCPC
Grade 12 (£46,142) – Experienced Occupational Therapist grade - minimum of 3-years post qualifying experience, including at least 1 year in a community setting, and registration with HCPC.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is pleased to offer an Occupational Therapist position within the Rehabilitation Service. We arelooking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the team in Rhondda Cynon Taff, based at Ty Elai, Rhondda, CF40 1NY.
The Rehabilitation service is a joint working initiative of health and social care comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), Assistant Therapy Practitioners (ATP), a Team Lead and a highly trained team of social care staff.
You will be supporting individuals through the delivery of an up to 6-week programme of support, to provide opportunities to recover from ill health and prevent episodes of health deterioration where possible. Sometimes, following a spell in hospital, people can lose confidence and be worried about their safety and ability to cope at home. Rehabilitation Services offers individuals reassurance and encouragement to maintain, regain or learn basic living skills, providing support to enable people to reach their full potential whilst preventing or reducing the need to move onto longer-term community services.
The Rehabilitation service works across the Rhondda Cynon Taff areas.
The Team has an emphasis on multi-agency working and you will be expected to work closely with colleagues from Health and a number of other agencies.
Successful candidates will bring strong assessment, communication, and planning skills to ensure positive outcomes for the individuals with whom we work.
You must be a qualified OT who has experience of providing Clinical supervision for staff or students and proven experience in a community setting. You will carry a case load and provide supervision and support for social care staff.
Along with demonstrating an understanding of risk management and safeguarding, protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed by the Council.
Team members work a combination of Agile Working and working at the office base in Ty Elai.
The successful candidate will have regular 1:1 supervision as well as peer-led Continuous Professional Development sessions. All our practitioners have the chance to influence the development of our work and are supported by a strong, experienced management team both at strategic and operational levels.
We recognise that Occupational Therapy is professionally and personally challenging and demands considerable levels of skill, commitment, and enthusiasm. We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports practitioners at each level to maintain and further their skills.
Our Social Services Departments have benefitted from comprehensive and significant investment in recent years, and we have responded to this by strengthening preventative services which aims to add capacity to the frontline.
You will benefit from an improved career pathway for Occupational Therapy professionals, and an employee reward package, which includes flexible working, Leisure for Life membership discount and access to the Cycle to Work scheme.
Those starting an Occupational Therapy career will also be supported to complete our First Year in Practice Programme, which aims to bridge the gap between qualifying and consolidating practice.
You must possess a professional recognised Occupational Therapy qualification andare expected to be registered and maintain your registration as an "Occupational Therapist” with HCPC on appointment.
Those shortlisted for interview will be asked to confirm if they are applying for an Occupational Therapist (GR11) or Experienced Occupational Therapist (GR12) post prior to interview. Those applying for an Experienced Occupational Therapist position will need to be prepared to provide evidence at interview of their registration with HCPC and 3 years of post-qualifying experience, including at least 1 year of which must be in a community setting. Candidates who start their career with RCT in an Experienced Occupational Therapist position must be prepared to complete the RCT Progression Framework Evidence Checklist within the first six months of employment. For further information and an informal discussion please contact Alesha Payne (Principal Occupational Therapist) or Vijay Selvaraj (Team Lead) on 01443 425070 Benefits of Working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council: - Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role)
- Excellent Career Development
- Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
- Occupational Health support and advice
- Staff Rewards scheme
- Vivup discount card
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme. In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.
