Community Occupational Therapist - Duty Team

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join its client's busy and supportive Community Occupational Therapy Duty Team in Rochdale. This office-based role is located alongside the Prevention Team and other Adult Care Services.

• →Screen incoming enquiries using robust tools to determine appropriate responses.
• →Provide advice, support, and signposting to service users.
• →Collaborate with Occupational Therapy Managers to prioritize cases and determine the need for face-to-face visits.
• →Conduct Duty visits when required to assess and reduce risk, promoting independence.
• →Apply sound knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and OT practices within Equipment and Adaptations Services.
• →Utilize Magic Notes, a newly implemented tool, to support documentation and workflow during Duty work.

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration.
• Proven experience in adult social care, particularly in equipment and adaptations.
• Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to undertake occasional community visits as part of Duty responsibilities.

•  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.

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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