Occupational Therapist inEnfield inEnfield PUBLISHED FRI 25 OCT 2024

£40,833 to £48,060 a year PERMANENT GOOD SALARY

HCPC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SOCIAL WORK

Enfield Council rNePa1FD

Enfield Council is seeking qualified Occupational Therapists to join its Adult Social Care teams, where they will collaborate with Assistant OTs, Social Workers, and other professionals to promote service user independence and well-being. The role involves working within the framework of the Care Act, ensuring that service users maintain choice and control over their lives while receiving the necessary support to achieve meaningful outcomes. Enfield Council fosters a supportive learning culture, offering personal development plans, training, and supervisory support, along with flexibility in work arrangements through a hybrid model.

Candidates must possess effective communication skills, with the ability to gather, record, and prioritize information while addressing complex situations with respect and dignity. A professional OT qualification, HCPC registration, and relevant post-qualifying experience in health and social care are required, although applications from those returning to practice or newly qualified OTs are welcomed. Enfield Council prides itself on high professional standards in service delivery and value for its team members.

Enfield Council has a range of exciting opportunities for qualified Occupational Therapists with our Adult Social care teams. Working alongside Assistant OTs, Social Workers, Social Care assessors and Reablement you will be utilising a strength-based approach to promote independence and well-being. You will work in line with the Care Act to promote service user choice and control in their daily lives while respecting the key elements of the act to ensure service users can continue to have meaningful, autonomous, and self-determined lives.

The teams are focused on developing the best outcomes for service users and this is reflected through our desire to promote a seamless service across the adult pathway. Enfield prides itself on its culture of learning, it is a great place to develop your career, you will be assured of a personal development plan, training, and supervisory support.

We are open to consideration of rotation between our different teams or alternative ways of working, currently we are using a hybrid working model utilising office and home working options.

You must be able to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing. You will have the ability to gather and record information to prioritise queries, resolve problems and signpost to alternative services. You should be highly motivated and skilled in resolving complex, emotionally challenging situations. We expect you to ensure that service users and carers are treated with dignity and respect and are encouraged to fully participate in the assessment process.

You will be registered with the HCPC, you will hold a professional OT qualification with post qualifying experience in health and social care including community placements.

We are open to applicants from returning to practice and newly qualified applicants.

Enfield Council is committed to the highest standards of professional practice and service delivery for our residents. Enfield council is also one of the few local authorities to have a Principal Occupational Therapist in senior management who is in a strategic position and two Heads of Service with an Occupational Therapy background.