Reablement Occupational Therapist

Reablement Occupational Therapist
Newham
£35/hr
Start date: ASAP

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for an Occupational Therapist in the Newham area.

Purpose:

• To work closely with Reablement officers (RO's) to embed their Trusted Assessor (TA) skills, to sign-off TA level equipment competencies (second cohort of RO's some of whom have already started the self-directed training) and to deliver more training in house on basic equipment as required.
• Revisit the competencies of some the RO's from the first cohort of TA training, who are prescribing fewer items of equipment.
• Ensure a greater range of Reablement strategies are used; including wider range of equipment (outside of TA level), identify minor and make recommendations for major adaptations; use of bespoke fatigue management and falls advice; greater bespoke IAG; activity analysis; greater problem solving and to support the development of improved clinical reasoning.
• Pilot joint goal setting visits with 3-4 RO's and track benefits in terms of leaving Reablement with no or lower POC compared to the average and ability of the service to increase the scope of referrals accepted.
• To hold a small caseload as needed of complex or DHC cases