Occupational Therapist

Using a strength-based approach, you will work alongside a variety of clients who have differing and/or complex needs. Our client group are adults over the age of 18 living with learning disabilities and / or Autism and may also have other conditions impacting their physical or mental health. This diverse role will facilitate your development and equip you with a large range of skills to enable you to undertake frontline holistic occupational therapy practice within a social care setting.

You'll work with individuals and develop your practice skills across a wide range of specialist practice areas, including:

Please see above and below for complete information about this great opportunity with Surrey County Council.

In order tobe considered for shortlisting, your application will clearlyevidencethe following skills, experience and align with ourbehaviours:

To help us better understand your experience and suitability for this role, you will be asked to answer two application questions as part of your application.

These questions will form an important part of our shortlisting process. We encourage you to give clear, concise responses that demonstrate your experience, skills, and approach to practice.

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long-term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will berequiredfor this role.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 01/11/2026 with interviews planned for week of 09/11/2026.

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation and will move to new authorities in April 2027. This role is currently employed by Surrey County Council and will remain so until then. If you are employed by Surrey County Council on 1 April 2027, your employment will transfer under TUPE arrangements to one of the new councils, with your current terms and conditions protected. The provisional allocation for this post is West Surrey Council subject to final confirmation through the wider transition process later this year. Please see more information here:Information for applicants on Local Government Reorganisation - Surrey County Council.

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and haveevidencedyou meet theminimum shortlisting criteria, as displayed on the advert, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day,we'recommitted to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.

You'll be seeing clients functioning in their own homes or in community or supported living settings. Our aim is to support and empower our clients to live meaningful lives within the community.

Joining us you will work closely with your team members, as well as with other organisations and agencies, to provide an integrated service to support vulnerable adults and their carers.

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