Salary £23,935 - £33,106 per annum
Permanent, Full time
37 hours per week
Based across the County
Interview date: TBC

Please note this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

At West Sussex County Council our Occupational Therapy team is committed to supporting vulnerable adults and children to live within their communities as independently as possible for as long as possible. We currently have vacancies for a Occupational Therapist – Community Independent Living Teams across the county.

You will have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to be able to ensure consistently good outcomes for people within West Sussex. As a qualified Occupational Therapist you will look to ensure that services provided offer optimum opportunities for people to engage fully in the communities in which they live.

It would be beneficial for candidates to have experience/knowledge of:
•Providing Care Act Assessments for adults and older people with a range of physical disabilities
•Providing advice, information, equipment, and adaptations
•Moving and handling assessment and competent moving and handling skills
•Ability to work independently and organise and prioritise own workload.
•Good understanding of relevant legislation
•Innovative, creative and flexible partnership working to ensure positive outcomes
•Commitment
•The qualification for the Moving and Handling Advisor is Diploma BA/BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience and be HCPC registered

In addition Senior Practitioner candidates must have a minimum of 4 years Local authority work experience and also be experienced in staff supervision.

In return you will receive:
•Excellent supervision
•Excellent opportunities for training and development with a self-service training portal allowing you to manage your development
•A comprehensive relocation package, details of which can be found in the Better Place to Work document on the West Sussex County Council website
•Flexible working to maintain home and work balance
•Good remuneration

You must have a full driving licence in order to fulfil the role.