Occupational Therapist

Role Responsibility

Community Occupational Therapist – Swale

Join a forward-thinking service where your expertise, creativity and clinical judgement will help people live independently and in the way that matters most to them.

At Kent County Council, Occupational Therapy is a critical part of helping people achieve better outcomes and greater independence. Our Community and Short-Term Pathway Occupational Therapy Teams are co-located with our in-house enablement services and work closely with Community Social Work, Adult Social Care Connect and Short-Term Pathway colleagues. This connected approach gives you the opportunity to work collaboratively, preventatively, and creatively delivering personalised interventions that genuinely improve lives.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapists to join our Swale community OT team. Whether you are looking to broaden your experience or take the next step in your career, you will join a supportive service that is committed to helping you thrive.

What You Can Expect

• An excellent induction and ongoing training package
• Opportunities to develop your expertise in moving and handling, enablement techniques, specialist equipment and major adaptations
• Regular one-to-one supervision from a registered Occupational Therapy Lead
• A tailored personal development plan to support your career pathway within Kent
• The chance to deliver high-quality, personalised interventions that make a meaningful difference

Your assessments and interventions will take place in people’s own homes or short-term assessment bed settings. For non-clinical work, you will have the flexibility to divide your time between an office base and home.

Kent County Council is committed to making services increasingly accessible outside traditional office hours, however, Occupational Therapists do not currently work a seven-day rota, although this may be required in the future.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

We are committed to service user and carer involvement and seek to involve service users and carers in our recruitment processes.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Part-time (up to 30 hours) KSG OT position in Swale

Advert close 22nd November 

Interview date Monday 7th December at Swale Local Office

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.