Job Introduction
Join our dynamic Occupational Therapy (OT) Team to empower Medway residents to maintain their independence through early interventions. This role involves providing holistic, person-centred, strength-based assessments and interventions. You will support OT staff and manage complex cases, including manual handling, major and minor adaptations, reablement, housing, and care package reviews.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and Empower: Assist the OT Team in delivering early interventions that promote independence.
- Complex Case Management: Handle complex cases with strength-based occupational therapy assessments.
- Stakeholder Liaison: Collaborate with stakeholders to promote the Council's vision and values.
- Service Development: Identify service gaps and redeploy resources to meet business needs.
- Leadership: Lead service and staff development, implementing action plans for optimal performance.
- Supervision: Provide professional and clinical oversight, ensuring quality supervision and performance.
- Student Support: Promote and support OT student and apprentice placements.
- Safeguarding: Uphold the Council's safeguarding policies and ensure the welfare of individuals.
- Duty Service Management: Support and manage OT Duty service and lone working procedures.
Corporate Accountabilities:
- Achieve service plan objectives and targets.
- Stay updated with GDPR responsibilities.
- Participate in the Performance Appraisal process.
- Promote the Council's Fair Access, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations.
- Support the Medway Carbon Neutral by 2050 commitment.
Person Specification:
- Qualifications:
- Recognised professional Occupational Therapy qualification.
- HCPC registration.
- Satisfactory DBS check.
- Knowledge and Skills:
- Understanding of safeguarding, relevant legislation, and theoretical frameworks.
- Knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and housing legislation.
- Familiarity with GDPR and the Equality Act 2020.
- Up-to-date knowledge of social care sector changes.
Working Style:
- Hybrid: Flexible working arrangement, combining office and home-based work.
Join Us: Be part of a team that values listening, responsiveness, honesty, and resourcefulness. Promote independence and well-being for adults with care and support needs. Apply now to make a difference in Medway!
In return we will offer you:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
Career Progression Frameworks (CPF) have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. This means that the salary you will be offered will be at level A unless, based on an assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or C. There will be further opportunity once in post to progress from level A to B, and B to C.
When writing your application, it is important to ensure you identify your suitability against the requirements of the job profile, as this information will be used for shortlisting and may contribute to the CPF assessment. Your application may be rejected if the minimum required criteria is not met. Further information relating to the requirements for this role can be found in the CPF Guidance document attached.
The person specification of a job profile is split into three levels:
Level A details the essential criteria that all applicants must be able to demonstrate through their application and interview.
Level B details the developed competencies that an individual who is practised in this role would be able to demonstrate and will be a progression of knowledge, experience and skills from level A.
Level C requires the highest level of competence and applicants would need to fully meet and demonstrate all aspects of the job profile, including qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.
You can demonstrate knowledge, experience and skills to allow you to perform within this role. You will identify, through application, how you meet the elements detailed within the person specification, at either Level A, B or C. You will be supported to develop in your role through induction, probation and a supportive Performance Appraisal and Career Conversation. Through your induction you will be introduced to the Career Progression Framework (CPF), which will help you to identify your areas of strength and any development needs.
Our organisation:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.
Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.
We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.
Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.
Important Information-
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile
Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement
Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age
For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.
All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on 01634 332878.
