Senior Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Senior Occupational TherapistStarting Salary: £42,839 opportunity to progress to £47,181 per annum + £2000 welcome payment, lease car & relocation (terms apply) pro rata for part time - pay award pendingHours: 37 hours per weekLocation: HertfordshireContract Type: Permanent, Fixed Term or Secondment OpportunitiesDirectorate: Adult Care ServicesAbout the teamsAdult Disability Team WestHertsmere Locality Team37 hours per week | Fixed Term to March 2028Providing support to adults living with a learning or physical disability. We aim to enable people to make positive decisions in their lives, promote their independence and ensure they can get involved in their local community. We're a service motivated by and dedicated to social care intervention and community social work. We work in an enabling way with people and their families and carers, to promote independence and participation, through meaningful occupation and a strengths-based approach. Across all our services we aim to ensure that people are provided with the right support and advice, and at the right time.Adult Disability Team EastBroxbourne Locality Team30 hours per week | Fixed Term to December 2026Providing support to adults living with a learning or physical disability. We aim to enable people to make positive decisions in their lives, promote their independence and ensure they can get involved in their local community. We're a service motivated by and dedicated to social care intervention and community social work. We work in an enabling way with people and their families and carers, to promote independence and participation, through meaningful occupation and a strengths-based approach. Across all our services we aim to ensure that people are provided with the right support and advice, and at the right time.Connected Lives Gateway ServiceGateway Housing Team37 hours per week | Permanent Our Connected Lives Gateway Service is a County Wide multi-disciplinary service delivering social care solutions to all age adults. This service is the front door to Adult Social Care in Hertfordshire and aims to prevent, reduce and delay need by ensuring people can access a wide range of information, advice, and support in a timely way. Our focus is on prevention and enablement, connecting people to their communities and delivering interventions that lead to improved outcomes. Older Peoples WestHerts Valley TeamApsley, Hemel Hempstead37 hours per week | PermanentThe Older Person Service is a dynamic service that works across the community under the Care Act to safeguard, assess, plan support and review adults and cares with long term health and social care needs. We can offer Hybrid working arrangements, flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, as well as promote your continuous Learning & Development.Older Peoples EastWelwyn Hatfield and Broxbourne TeamFarnham House, Stevenage37 hours per week | PermanentCould you bring your experience and passion for improving outcomes for people over age 65 and their carers with social care needs to the Older Person Service?We are re-energising our adult social care model of Connected Lives approach that has a strong ethos of strength-based working, identifying personal goals and ensuring personal, family and community resources are utilised to achieve positive outcomes for people.The Older Person Service is a dynamic service that works across the community under the Care Act to safeguard, assess, plan support and review adults and cares with long term health and social care needs.Integrated Discharge ServicePost Hospital Review TeamHemel Hempstead37 hours per week | Permanent Our Integrated Discharge service in the West of Hertfordshire supports an integrated approach to managing the care of people who require support through the admission and discharge pathway, so the role will involve working alongside Occupational Therapists, Community Care Officers, health colleagues and care providers. You will have the ability to undertake innovative assessments and care planning with individuals, carers and their personal support networks.We promote personalisation focusing on the wellbeing of the individual. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by enabling people to direct their own support. You will gain extensive experience in the field of adult social care, safeguarding practice and multi-disciplinary working.About the roleWorking collaboratively with other partners and teams within Adult Care ServicesDeveloping innovative support plansPromote and support strength based assessment and practice approach to all interventions to maximise independence, health and well being to prevent or reduce the need for Adult Social CareWorking creatively with residents to ensure their safety and independenceRaising awareness in the area and developing valuable links for the teamSupporting other Therapists and Community Care OfficersProvide information and advice to enable an individual to confidently and safely participate in their daily life, includes grading of tasks and activities and adapting their environmentsYou will undertake a specialism eg Moving and Handling, BiA, AMP or Occupational Therapy practice educatorAbout youEssential:HCPC Registered Occupational TherapistFull driving licence and regular access to a vehicle2 years post qualifying experience as an Occupational TherapistKnowledge and experience in social care sectorExperience of completing assessments and making recommendationsAbility to work on your own as well as part of a teamDesirable:Knowledge of Care Act 2014Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act 2005We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.This job role is within the Health and Social Care, level 11 job profile. Please locate this via: Job profiles - Health and social care To hear more about this opportunity please contact ed.davis@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role. Benefits of working for us How to apply As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences. Additional information We are changingHertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles. LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/Disability Confident We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. Safeguarding This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Driving required You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations. English Fluency The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.