Occupational Therapist

Job purpose:

• To provide a high-quality Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention service to individuals with complex care and therapy needs. Working collaboratively with Haringey residents to encourage independence and integration to achieve improved outcomes across the borough.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing an initial assessment of service users with complex care and therapy needs across the teams within the Access and Independence Service: First Response, Reablement and the Assessment Service.
• Assessment and provision of equipment to improve independence with activities of daily living and to reduce risk of injury. This includes manual handling assessments to reduce risk of injury to service users and carers and, where feasible, reduce packages of care for single handed care.
• Independently managing a caseload, utilising effective prioritisation, delegation and time management skills to enable effective throughput of service users.
• Identifying service users appropriate for Continuing Health Care to manage complex health needs.
• To ensure cost effective service provision and make recommendations for specialist equipment and adaptations in accordance with eligibility criteria and departmental guidelines.
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships across services within Adult Social Care, as well as other specialist agencies including Acute Hospital NHS trusts, Mental Health service, D/Ns, GPs, voluntary organisations and independent care service providers.

Requirements:

• Occupational Therapy Qualification.
• HCPC registration.
• Undergraduate or post qualification experience in completing therapy assessments and interventions in a variety of clinical settings.
• Ability to communicate and consult effectively with a wide range of service users and professionals.
• Ability to undertake written holistic therapy assessment and set client — centred goals with service users.
• To show evidence of managing difficult conversations with service users or their carers or families.
• Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months. On the update service? You could be fast tracked through our recruitment process today.
• Willingness to complete an enhanced DBS if you do not currently hold one.

Working with Archer Resourcing

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‍Must be eligible to work in the U.K