Locum Occupational Therapist – Housing

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a Locum Occupational Therapist for its client to join Sheffield's Housing Service.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced OT to provide specialist assessments and professional advice, supporting safe and appropriate rehousing for people with disabilities and complex needs.

You will work closely with Housing, Health & Housing, Adult Social Care and health colleagues, helping ensure residents are matched with suitable properties and have the right support to maintain their independence.

 Role Details:

• Position: Locum Occupational Therapist
• Rate: £30 per hour
• Location: Sheffield
• Service: Housing
• Base: Howden House, Union Street, Sheffield, S1 2SH

• →Undertake functional and environmental assessments for individuals with disabilities and complex needs.
• →Complete property suitability assessments and property checks.
• →Assess complex rehousing and medical priority applications.
• →Provide evidence-based OT recommendations to support housing decisions.
• →Support the matching and allocation of adapted properties, including direct lets and complex viewings.
• →Provide specialist OT input into urgent housing cases and hospital discharges.
• →Assess equipment and adaptation requirements.
• →Advise Housing colleagues on disability, accessibility, risk and property suitability.
• →Work collaboratively with residents, NHS, Adult Social Care and other professionals.
• →Maintain accurate case records and manage incoming referrals, prioritising urgent and complex cases.

Benefits: 

• →Competitive rate of £30 per hour.
• →Opportunity to work within a specialist Housing OT service.
• →Varied and interesting caseload involving complex housing needs.
• →Opportunity to make a real difference to residents' independence and quality of life.
• →Know a qualified OT looking for their next opportunity? Refer a friend or colleague and contact Shaun to find out more about our referral bonus. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• →Qualified Occupational Therapist.
• →Current HCPC registration.
• →Experience assessing people with physical disabilities and complex needs.
• →Ability to undertake functional and environmental assessments.
• →Confident making clear and defensible professional recommendations.
• →Excellent communication and multi-agency working skills.
• →Ability to undertake home and property visits across Sheffield. 

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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