Senior Occupational Therapist for Learning Disabilities
Job Summary
Advert Start Date:
12/02/2025
Advert End Date:
26/02/2025 23:59
Salary:
£45,718 to £49,794
Further Information
Are you passionate about person-centred care and team working to support people to live their best lives at home and maximising individuals' engagement into their daily environments?
Then this senior Learning Disabilities Occupational Therapy position sounds like the right opportunity for you!
The people on your caseload will all have a Learning Disability (LD) and may include those with complex communication difficulties, sensory needs, and behaviours of concern, health and social care needs and physical disabilities. The work is all based in the community so it is important that you have your own transport to be able to travel from one location to another.
We work with a multidisciplinary team consisting of psychology, nursing, speech & language therapy and social workers and you will have responsibility & line management for another occupational therapist working in the same area. You will also support the Therapy Services Manager in service development and management of the day to day running of the LD Occupational Therapy Service
You will work within the well-established Occupational Therapist team and will use highly specialist skills to assess the impact of an individual’s learning disabilities on their occupational performance through the use of specific OT standardised and non-standardised assessments. You will implement, monitor and evaluate highly specialist treatment programmes to get the best outcomes.
Our employee benefits
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme…
Access to a range of benefits via Vivup, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment, we will work with you to meet your needs.