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Warwickshire County Council is pleased to announce that we have some exciting opportunities for full time Occupational Therapy Assistant’s to join the reablement team. The posts will be based in the South (Heathcote House, Leamington) and will be for 37 hours per week.  The posts require you to work a shift pattern of 9am- 5pm and 12pm – 8 pm on weekdays, one Saturday in every 7 weeks with the possibility of this increasing to Sunday's depending on demand of the service. This is done on a rota basis and a day off will be given in the week to take into account working Saturday and/or Sunday. There will also be a requirement to work bank holidays on a rota basis. This can be discussed in more detail at interview. There will be an expectation that the post holder will be required to provide countywide support to both the North and South Reablement teams.

Reablement focuses on promoting independence by supporting people to do as much as possible for themselves both physically and psychologically. It aims to do this by supporting people to continue living at home, preventing admissions into hospital or residential settings, and facilitating timely discharges.

We believe that by supporting customers to identify and achieve their personal goals and outcomes, and by embedding personalisation, customers will have choice and control over how their support will be delivered, this will have a positive impact on health and wellbeing.

Reablement is a short-term service working with customers for up to 6 weeks.

The Role

As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you will be working with customers in their own homes to help them achieve independence with daily living tasks. You will be working closely with Occupational Therapists, Reablement Officers & Reablement Assistants to engage customers with functional assessments promoting their independence. You will be the first to visit a customer and together you will complete an initial assessment, risk assessments and identify the customer’s daily living tasks that can be reabled.  You will create a support plan where Reablement Assistants will support the customer to achieve their outcomes which are reviewed during the service. You will also assess for and prescribe items of equipment to enable independence and reduce the need for ongoing support.

You will be responsible for managing your time and work load and will be expected to work closely with your colleagues, as well as independently.

For a full list of requirements for this post, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Additional Information

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

For further information about this role please contact Senior Occupational Therapist Naz Khan nazkhan@warwickshire.gov.uk   

Closing date: 23rd August 2021

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.
 
Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not be submitted unless asked to do so.

 
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
 
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application demonstrates that they meet the criteria for the post. This means the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.