Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist
Location: Walthamstow
Pay Rate: £36.58 per hour
About the Role:
Liquid Personnel is seeking a highly experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join their Adult Social Care team at Walthamstow. This role is suited to a professional with advanced moving and handling expertise and a minimum of three years’ experience in a local authority social services setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct strength-based assessments in line with the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation
- Assess individuals in their own homes to maximise independence and safety
- Recommend and coordinate the provision of equipment and structural adaptations
- Collaborate with housing teams, contractors, and community partners
- Manage a varied caseload in accordance with Adult Social Care priorities
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to safeguarding and legal processes
- Engage in ongoing professional development
Essential Qualifications & Requirements
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Enhanced DBS check (required prior to start)
- Minimum 3 years post-qualified experience
- Proven experience in social services settings (not just hospital-based roles)
- High-level expertise in moving and handling
- Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, equipment provision, and adaptations
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- 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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