Salary range: £45,021 - £48,060 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week (Full or Part Time, Job Share arrangements considered)
Location: Brent Civic Centre, resident’s home and other locations as the job role requires

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here. 

Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities.

The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs.

We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects.

To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit brentadultsocialcarecareers.com.

The Post

Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapists 

As an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist in Adult Social Care, you will respond to individuals requiring social care support and employ appropriate interventions. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will also be responsible for managing more complex cases and supervising a small number of staff.

You will use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community.

As part of our dedication to developing careers in Adult Social Care we have introduced new roles such as:

•   Practice Development Lead
•   Principal Occupational Therapist
•   Operational Lead OT
•   Community Equipment OT

Opportunities are also available to train as an AMHP, BIA, and Practice Educator.
 

The London Borough of Brent benefits include:

• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home (laptop and iPhone provided)
• Generous leave policy including parental, annual and sabbatical leave
• Monthly Continuing Professional Development sessions
• Regular professional supervision and peer support groups
• Generous Local Government pension scheme
• Access to internal and external learning and development via our Adult  Social Care Skills Academy
  • Commitment to supporting workforce health and wellbeing with access to a free, confidential employee assistance scheme.
• Access to our Zipcar scheme

This role attracts the following payments (subject to review);

• Golden hello payment of £5,000*
• Annual retention payment of £3,000 per annum. **
• Additional payments are available for Practice Educators, Best Interest Assessors and AMPs

*Subject to satisfactory completion of a 6-month probation period. 

** Payable after the completion of 12 months in the post. 

The Person

A good understanding of the relevant Adult Social Care and Housing legislation is essential to these posts. You will need to be able to work autonomously within agreed timeframes and manage frequently changing circumstances. You will have the opportunity to put into practice the legislation underpinning your practice, and further enhance your skills in moving and handling risk assessments and intervention, equipment, minor and major adaptations with the aim of supporting and empowering our service users to live meaningful lives within the community.

We are looking for qualified occupational therapists who are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). You will have excellent communication skills and experience of working within a social care or community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. You will need to be passionate about working with vulnerable adults and providing an excellent service. Skills in prioritisation, caseload management, time management and multi-disciplinary working would be required in these roles. At an advanced practitioner level you will be responsible for managing the most complex cases and supervising a small number of staff.

For an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above, training would be provided. For an informal discussion please contact sarah.richards@brent.gov.uk or yvonne.olasunkanmi@brent.gov.uk

Closing date: Once positions have been filled

Additional Information

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. 

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk

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