Occupational Therapy Assistant - Immediate Start

Social Care Locums ,
London, Greater London
Contract Type: Contract
Salary: £23 per hour

Overview

We are urgently looking to fill this role: Responsible to the Senior Practitioner, OT in the Information & Assessment Team, the post holder will work as a member of that team providing an effective, customer focused, and fully accessible first point of contact service for Adult Social Care. The post holder will carry out comprehensive assessments within the community to identify how people with either a permanent or a substantial disability and their carer are managing. If needs are identified recommendations will be made by the post holder according to Fair Access to Care Services criteria to provide equipment and adaptations that improve their quality of life and independence. In doing this they will work in partnership with service users, their carers, and a range of other professionals and colleagues. Where needs can be met by simple equipment and adaptations the post holder will arrange for these to be provided, delivered and installed. Complex cases will be referred to the Occupational Therapy service in the Adult Services Division. For more information or details of other roles, please contaxt Simone at Social Care Locums.