Occupational Therapist Assistant
| Job Title: | Occupational Therapist Assistant |
| Contract Type: | Contract |
| Location: | West Midlands |
| Industry: | |
| Salary: | Walsall, £22.08 per hour |
| REF: | BSOCCTHERPASSIST |
| Job Published: | about 2 months ago |
Job Description
Main purpose of the job role:
Within the context of self-directed support, personalisation and working as a member of a multidisciplinary team responsible for meeting the assessment, care management and support needs of vulnerable adults the post holder will:
- Manage an independent caseload assessing people with physical disabilities/ sensory impairment/ mental ill health/ learning disabilities.
- Take specific responsibility for the provision of appropriate equipment / minor and major adaptations / assistive technology and the planning/implementation of appropriate re-ablement programmes.
- To contribute to effective support planning to enable citizens and carers to make their own decisions by exercising choice, encouraging independence and access to community resources to meet their assessed needs.
- To facilitate and contribute to the assessment of the needs of vulnerable adults and their carers, feeding into the process of specialist and more complex assessments, in line with the principles of self-directed support and single assessment.
- To support citizens to promote their health, well-being, choice and control.
- To visit citizens in their own homes (with other professional staff when required) and assess their potential and needs for equipment/minor adaptations/assistive technology.
- To demonstrate the correct use of equipment and to ensure the recipient is confident in its use.
- To be responsible for ordering and ensuring timely delivery of equipment from the Integrated Community Equipment Service.
- To review equipment provision with the service user and ensure all needs have been met.
- To ensure the provision of comprehensive case records, assessments and reports on service users.
- To work flexibly with other colleagues from other disciplines and other community agencies in enabling people to access community resources, lead independent lives and make their own decisions.
- Full UK driving license and access to own transport for business use.
- Ability/willingness to travel efficiently from location to location around the borough
- Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults and their family / carers
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of the range of available resources to support citizens to maintain their independence
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of the Core Principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- To communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English
- Enhanced DBS
What we offer:
- 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
- 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
- Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment
To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact our Team on 0800 988 6307 or email gpadmin@4recruitmentservices.com.