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This role has a starting salary of £44,614 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. This role supports hybrid working. We are looking for an enthusiastic Mental Health Reablement Occupational Therapist to support an innovative pathway within the Reablement Service. This role is part of a transformation plan to make reablement available to more residents in Surrey.Rewards and Benefits 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' serviceOption to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leaveAn extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeingUp to 5 days of carer's leave per yearPaternity, adoption and dependents leaveA generous local government salary related pensionLifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per yearLearning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources About the Team The Reablement Service is part of the Adults Wellbeing and Health Partnerships directorate. We are an organisation who offer agile working opportunities for our staff. We are a multi-disciplinary team who, provide short term support for up to 6 weeks, to people usually in their own homes to promote independence and choice for people by helping them work towards their reablement goals as set out in their support plan. Our aim is to help improve people's quality of life, maximise long term independence and enable people to remain or return to live in their own home within the community. We are an Occupational Therapy-led service, our community workforce includes Occupational Therapists, Specialist Workers, Team Leaders, Integrated Reablement Workers and Reablement Assistants, who all work in a way that seeks to improve people's lives by working on their strengths and not their weaknesses and making use of the community and networks around them, as well as local authorities provided services. We work closely with some private providers across Surrey who are part of our Collaborative Reablement Service (CRS). CRS is an extension of our Reablement Teams - by having CRS partners we are able to have more capacity to support more Surrey residents. About the Role The role will lead on assessments and skills-gain programmes, deliver training and act as a resource for the wider team bringing skilled advice, ideas, techniques and contributing to projects. You will work with the reablement teams across the county, embedding good working relationships and to help lessen the stigma for people with mental health problems coming to the Service and, in some cases, also supporting physical difficulties. This role will be supporting four Mental Health Reablement workers to provide clinical supervision and day-to-day co-ordination of support. The role also includes working together with the Enabling Independence Team to triage referrals for short term support. In addition, you will also be working with other services like local Mental Health teams both in Social Care and Health. As this is a countywide post, your base will be one of the five reablement hub offices- Guildford and Waverley, East, Mid, Northwest, and Surrey Heath and Farnham reablement teams, depending on your location. Our Reablement Service operates a hybrid working model, with an expectation to work from the office at least 2 days per week to promote collaboration and good working relationship within teams and other stakeholders. This exciting post offers the chance to contribute to the development of the Reablement Service as it undergoes its transformation to being a therapy led service. It also offers access to regular supervision, monthly CPD sessions and opportunity to network with other OTs in the organisation, training and development opportunities. Shortlisting Criteria To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following: At least 2 years' experience as an Occupational Therapist in mental health or related services as well as being HCPC registered.Enthusiasm for helping develop the service and embedding good practice.Experience of working towards increased independence with people with mental health conditions and understand the benefits of a strengths-based approach, alongside good communication.Ability to manage your own diary and plan your workload to meet the needs of the service.Ability to supervise, develop and support staff and students.Report writing skills with the ability to deal with a high percentage of work using a laptop and IT systems You will need the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of this role. Contact us Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion or more information, please contact Chester Javillonar on The job advert closes at 23:59 on 12/05/2024. Our Commitment Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where: The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their applicationThe candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.

Our leading private sector Client based near Canterbury is looking for a Occupational Health Therapist to work on a Permanent basis with in their friendly and supportive Occupational Health team. The role is Permanent, Full time. 50/50 site and home working This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a friendly and pro-active OH team. The main duties include: Assist in the provision of an occupational health service to meet employee's needProvide professional services and advice to management and employees on all matters relating to occupational health, particularly the prevention of illness and the maintenance and improvement of health and well being.Prepare written reports to review fitness for work, of the match between the individual's abilities and the job role/tasks.Undertake workplace assessment of employees including those with diverse or complex presentations of physical health and/or psychological health Experience / skills required; HCPC Registration required Training in Occupational Health given Please don't hesitate in contacting us, and we would be more than happy to give you further details.Please do get in touch, whether you are an OH Technician, OH Nurse, OHA, OH Manager, OH Physio or an OH Physician, as Gel Resourcing focuses on the recruitment of professionals, UK wide, with in the Occupational Health& Wellbeing markets. Being a specialist OH agency has enabled us to become experts in these areas and to offer a quality service to our clients and candidates. Our reputation underlines this, and we have earned the trust and respect of those in the OH industry.

I am looking for a band 6 or 7 specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist for the following requirement: - Start date from ASAP but later start dates also considered - End date 3 months initially then reviewed, may be ongoing - 16 hours per week - Based in Newtown/ Brecon - Community work so car owner needed Skills/Experience: You will need HCPC registration to be eligible for this role. We can help with all aspects of compliance including paying for a new DBS for you if needed, processing occupational health clearance and arranging mandatory training. Please apply via this website or please contact Kim- I look forward to hearing from you!