Occupational Therapist - Prevention & Early Intervention

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Occupational Therapist for its client's Prevention & Early Intervention Team at Walsall. You’ll support adults aged 18+ with physical disabilities affecting their functional ability, using a person-centred, strength-based approach to promote independence, wellbeing and meaningful engagement in daily life. The service focuses on reducing risks such as falls, preventing escalation and helping people avoid hospital admissions, formal care packages and functional decline. - Hybrid – community-based with 1 office day per week - 2-month contract with potential extension **What will your responsibilities be?** - Manage a varied and complex community caseload - Complete person-centred OT assessments and interventions - Assess for minor/specialist equipment and major adaptations - Experience with Disabled Facilities Grants - Complete manual handling assessments and provide advice - Contribute to rehousing reports and effective signposting - Work collaboratively with individuals, carers and MDT colleagues - Strong knowledge of safeguarding and the Care Act **Qualifications & Experience:** To be successful in this role you must have, - Minimum 2 years’ post-qualifying experience required in either LA or NHS - HCPC registered OT required - Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle required - Previous community social care OT experience highly desirable **Benefits:**Ref bonus available - refer a friend or colleague and earn a bonus! **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. BH - 202441 GH - 36272