Occupational Therapist - Adults

1. As an Occupational Therapy Service you will be responsible for planning and monitoring tasks on behalf of the Service Manager of OT that enables the successful delivery of the business objectives of the occupational therapy team.
2. Responsible for the effective supervision of a group of Occupational Therapy Assistants carrying out tasks within the OT service which will deliver services that will achieve continuous improvement of the Council.
3. Responsible for carrying out comprehensive assessments within the community for people referred by the Assessment Service who meet our Fair Access to Care Services criteria and have either a permanent or a complex and substantial disability.
4. Carrying out re-assessments for people with long term or progressive social care needs.
5. Work in partnership with service users, carers, and a range of other professionals and colleagues to produce an Occupational Therapy support package that aims to maximise the service user’s independence.
6. Responsible for following up a support package to assess its impact and to record contact and case notes on appropriate systems.