Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Integrated Discharge Service – Islington
Location: Islington
Pay Rate: £32 per hour
About the Role:
Join the dynamic and fast-paced Integrated Discharge Service (IDS) team within Islington Social Services. IDS supports residents of Islington being discharged from hospital over 7 days a week. The Occupational Therapy role is crucial in assessing risk and designing interventions at various stages of the hospital pathway to support individuals in using their strengths and achieving their outcomes.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will support individuals on the Discharge to Assess Pathway by screening referral documentation and planning safe discharges home. You will conduct post-discharge assessments in individuals’ homes, delivering therapy interventions to promote independence, recovery, or prevent hospital readmission. This includes evaluating the environment, recommending equipment and minor adaptations, suggesting alternative methods for daily activities, and making manual handling recommendations. You will also co-develop reablement plans and goals using a strength-based approach to achieve meaningful outcomes. Flexible working arrangements are incorporated, allowing for both home and office-based duties.
Requirements:
- Degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Proven assessment skills and experience in a range of needs.
- Ability to work within legislative frameworks and make recommendations for complex adaptations.
- Commitment to continuous professional development (CPD).
Core Responsibilities:
- Undertake complex Occupational Therapy assessments with an occupational focus to reduce barriers to inclusion.
- Manage an allocated caseload, regularly monitoring and reviewing service user needs.
- Provide specialist services to remove barriers to social inclusion.
- Deliver, fit, and collect equipment as appropriate.
- Provide practice education for OT students and support less experienced team members.
- Attend regular supervision and contribute to safeguarding investigations.
- Use management information systems to maintain accurate records.
Additional Information:
- Professional supervision and line management provided by a registered Occupational Therapist.
- Opportunities for career progression and involvement in service development.
- Support for CPD, including peer groups and half a day a month dedicated to professional development.
Why Liquid Personnel?
- New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
- Twice weekly payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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