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Do good. Be great as a Occupational Therapist - Functional Assesso r
Are you an Occupational Therapist who wants to continue helping people but needs a better work life balance? At Maximus, you don’t need to compromise. Join our Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) business as an Occupational Therapist Functional Assessor and use your clinical skills in a different way to help people move forward with their lives.
Our healthcare colleagues are the driving force of our business. That’s why, as part of our team, you won’t be expected to work long days, do night shifts or take work home. Instead, you’ll work in a pattern that gives you a genuine work life balance - plus the flexibility to make long-term decisions about your future career.
You’ll benefit from our newly implemented hybrid working scheme, where you’ll have the flexibility and support to work in a way that’s right for you - whether that’s at home or in the office. On top of that, you can expect a wide range of benefits designed to help you achieve great things:
A competitive starting salary of £39,500 - £46,300, location depending
Supportive working environment with ongoing CPD support
Plenty of exposure as you develop your skills and clinical knowledge
Opportunities to explore other roles
Regular feedback and a coaching tool to help you deliver quality outputs for customers
Connect with the wider business including the opportunity to join colleague network groups
Core benefits like our healthcare cash plan
Voluntary benefits so you can pick the plans that are right for you and your family
What you’ll be doing as a Occupational Therapist - Functional Assessor
Day-to-day, you’ll carry out assessments to understand how a person's disability or health condition affects their daily life. You’ll listen sensitively to their experiences, ask questions and use your insights to produce a factual report to help the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) determine their eligibility for benefits. It’s important work that has a big impact on real lives, so we’ll make sure you get the time to build a relationship with each customer you speak with.
It’ll be challenging at times, but we’ll support you to manage your caseloads efficiently to deliver the best service to our customers.
What we look for in Occupational Therapist - Functional Assessor
An HCPC Cregistered Occupational Therapist with 1 year’s broad post-registration experience
Proactive and keen to learn
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Comfortable working towards team and individual targets, in a supportive environment
Comfortable working with a diverse range of conditions, including mental health
From working with a diverse range of customers to handling challenging situations, this role is a fantastic opportunity to hone your assessment skills and develop your clinical knowledge, while making a difference to people’s lives.
*Starting salaries for Occupational Therapist
Outside London: £39,500In and around London: £46,300
EEO Statement
Maximus is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of equality and diversity in employment in which our employees as well as candidates for employment are treated equitably. We understand that a diverse workforce adds to our competitive advantage; and as such, we aim to ensure that job applicants do not receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, marital status, disability, age, part-time or fixed term contract status, sexual orientation or religion, or are disadvantaged by conditions or requirements that cannot be shown to be justifiable. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post.Where reasonable, we will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.

Occupational Therapist Functional Assessor

This role has a starting salary of £39,355 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring a new Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our fantastic Woking Locality team. We offer hybrid working with the expectation that you would be in the office 2- 3 days per week.
" Surrey is a great place to work, offering a competitive salary and a variety of benefits. This is a varied and incredibly rewarding role. As a team we are very supportive with regular supervision and OT specific training on offer to help you with your continued CPD " - Samantha Spanswick, Assistant Team Manager, Woking Locality Team.
We would love you to join us as we strive to best support our valued Surrey residents, ensuring no one is left behind.
Rewards and Benefits
26 days' holiday rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
About the Team
Based within North West Surrey, the Woking Locality Team has the largest area that provides Adult Social Care support, including holistic assessments to residents in Woking. We offer a wide range of interventions ranging from mobility assessments to seating to major adaptations and housing, amongst other things.
About the Role
Being an Occupational Therapist in our Woking Locality team will facilitate your development and equip you with a range of skills to enable you to undertake frontline holistic occupational therapy practice within a social care setting.
Our Occupational Therapists have told us that career development is of huge importance to them. One step we have taken to help address this is to develop a 'Senior Readiness Program'. This program is designed to support Occupational Therapists to develop their skills and experience so that they can progress to become Senior Occupational Therapists.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
Professional qualification in Occupational Therapy and current registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience of working within a social care, health or community focused multi-disciplinary setting
Ability to complete person centred and proportionate OT assessments
Familiarity with moving and handling equipment such as hoists and stand aids
Knowledge of medical conditions and the likely impact on the individual, carer and family
Knowledge of current legislation, including the Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act and its application to practice in a social care setting
You will need the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of this role.
The closing date for this advert is 12/05/2024 although applications will be reviewed, and appointments made, on an on-going basis. We look forward to receiving your application and personal statement, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.

Adults Occupational Therapist - Woking

Job DescriptionJob Title: Occupational Therapist - Specialist School - Term Time Hours: 5 days per week - 37.5 hours Term time (190 days + 4 weeks) Location: Newton-le-Willows Salary: £32,579 to £39,231 per annum Benefits/BonusBereavement leaveCompany pensionCycle to work schemeDiscounted or free foodEnhanced maternity and paternity leaveReferral programmeSick paySubsidised Sensory Integration trainingCOMPANY Compass Associates are working with nationally recognised, industry leading care provider to recruit for an Occupational Therapist to join the team at a specialist school and independent specialist college in St Helens with an excellent reputation for delivering outstanding education and care to young people with Autism. You will be working for an established, stable, and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care and education. SERVICE The Role will cover two sites, St Helens, and Newton-Le-Willows, with a total of 90 students ranging from 5 to 25 years of age. The distance between sites is roughly 15 minutes by car. The aim is to ensure equality of opportunity in access to all aspects of the curriculum regardless of the nature and degree of disability of the young autistic person. ROLE We are looking for a qualified experienced Occupational Therapist who wishes to specialise and develop their skills in this interesting and challenging field. Are you dynamic, committed, and flexible with an interest in working and developing skills in a specialist well-resourced setting? Do you have experience in assessment, facilitating 1:1 and group sessions to develop fine motor, gross motor, sensory motor skills and functional / life skills? Do you have experience of working with autistic individuals and/or learning disabilities and/or with children/adults in an education, health, or care setting? Would you like to be involved in training and facilitating staff and other groups? Are you committed to your own professional development? CANDIDATE REQS/QUALSOccupational Therapy DegreeRegistration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)Comprehensive knowledge of Autism including how these impacts on the Individual's learning and functional skills.PROCESS There will be a screening call with consultant Ashley Collishaw before being put forward for the vacancy. Candidates must fill out application forms before being invited in for interview. CONTACT DETAILS If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please contact Ashley Collishaw directly on 0161 527 9631. Alternatively, email an updated CV to <a href="mailto:acollishaw@compassltd.co.uk" target="_blank">acollishaw@compassltd.co.uk</a> RECOMMENDATIONS Compass Associates Ltd is acting as a Recruitment Consultant for this permanent vacancy. Compass Associates offers a great incentive for recommendations - we offer £200 of John Lewis Vouchers for each successful candidate recommended by you.

Occupational Therapist - Specialist School - Term Time

About The Role UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have an exciting opportunity for a HMP Ford to join our Primary Care team . a category D prison , HMP Ford is based near the historic town of Arundel, has easy travel links via the A27, and has a local train station, which is a 10-minute walk to Ford prison. Both buildings are in the residential side of the prison. Currently our core hours of operation are
Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm and 8am - 12pm at weekends. This is a part time role working 15 hours a week and you’ll receive an annual salary up to £42,850 per annum FTE - depending on experience. How will we support you? • Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course • Competency framework • Regional and national career development opportunities • Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs • Support from the wider team Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK on a permanent basis and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks. What you'll be doing This role brings a great opportunity to embrace change and embed culture. The role of Occupational Therapist will be an experience like no other, requiring a diverse and mixed Occupational Therapy background. The role involves assessing, planning, and delivering care and therapeutic interventions to patients with complex and/or unstable health care needs. Reviewing care and therapy interventions will be a key aspect of the role. We offer high quality treatment in a wide range of specialties and deliver excellent clinical care. You can expect to be involved in all aspects of the care planning approach for clients within your caseload. Multi-partner working is essential so the right level of communication and team working skills are essential as well as
Excellent record keeping skills to ensure that you maintain accurate records and provide the kind of helpful, empathetic support that will make every patient feel at ease. If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning. It doesn’t stop there… we also offer: Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it What we’ll look for in you The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values: we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
we act with integrity
we embrace diversity
we strive to do things better together With a diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy and registered with the HCPC, you will need to be empathetic and willing to learn and develop your skills. Experienced in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you'll be able to manage your caseload and apply an application of OT theory in the treatment of patients in an inpatient setting. An understanding of common medical, surgical and neurological conditions is also required. Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment. Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

Occupational Therapist

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Why Orri?
Orri is an ambitious, young, fast-growing company committed to changing the way we treat eating disorders in the UK. An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Occupational Therapist Associate in eating disorders at Orri. Role Overview:
Working directly with the Occupational Therapy team, the role supports the team and the clients in their recovery. It includes working with the occupational therapists to obtain vital information regarding occupational performance data, and identify areas of difficulty and growth that may impact their health and recovery outcome. Under direction of the Occupational Therapy team, you will support the clients by conducting formal and informal assessments. You will further support the treatment of clients by taking part in occupational therapy interventions and psychoeducation. Desired Skills and Expertise: Highly developed communication and negotiation skills.
Ability to work without direct supervision.
General understanding of eating disorders. Main duties and responsibilities: Provide assistance conducting initial Occupational Therapy interview and assessments with clients.
Responsible for ensuring assessment information is captured, recorded and communicated to Clinical Teams within a timely manner.
Provide support within practical exposure sessions, completing all relevant documentation as required.
Responsible for arranging and leading on follow up Occupational Therapy sessions.
Undertake reviews and follow up with goals and challenges as instructed by the Occupational Therapists.
Offering practical workshops around specific occupational performance skills and/or psychoeducation spaces to support integration of skills into recovery.
Supporting clients on practical trips out of Orri visiting cafes, restaurants, food shopping, clothing shopping etc. Benefits: Monday to Friday work pattern.
33 days annual leave including bank holidays and the service closure over Christmas.
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption package.
Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training.
Online benefits and cashback rewards schemes.
Contributory pension scheme with salary sacrifice options.
Free Statutory and Mandatory Training.
Free professional development and CPD certified training.
Two annual corporate events plus additional social events throughout the year.
Career development opportunities.
Private health care after successfully completing your probation period. Orri operates a smoke free policy on all premises and grounds.
Orri is an equal opportunities employer.

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