Salary range: £41,808 - £45,021 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
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.
It’s an exciting time to be joining us in Brent Adult Social Care as we pursue an ambitious new transformation programme.
We have fantastic new opportunities for Occupational Therapists to join our growing service, including in our front door team (Access and Information), complex care team, hospital discharge team, and reablement team.
At Brent we have a dedication to developing our Occupational Therapists’ careers and are committed to enhancing your Continued Professional Development through our innovative Skills Academy.
The Post
As an Occupational Therapist in Adult Social Care, you will respond to individuals requiring social care support and employ appropriate interventions. You will also 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
You will need to be a qualified Occupational Therapist and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care and Housing legislation is also essential.
You will have the opportunity to put this legislation underpinning your practice into action. Further, you’ll enhance your skills in moving and handling risk assessments and intervention, as well as equipment and minor/major adaptations which service users require to live meaningful lives within the community.
You will be able to work independently towards deadlines and manage situations as they change. You will have excellent communication skills and experience of working in social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting.
Skills in prioritisation, caseload management, time management, and multi-disciplinary working are also necessary.
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 all posts are filled
Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
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 “non-visible” 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 Job description
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