Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist - Rotations

WILTSHIRE COUNCIL, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist - Rotations

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WILTSHIRE COUNCIL, Chippenham, Wiltshire

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 9 Jan | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: caf858a5ed9c4f6783183529918ea2f8

Full Job Description

Here's what our existing Newly Qualified OTs from 2022 to 2023 said about the preceptorship support and development opportunities they had with us:

"Thank you for the time and support put into this programme. It has been invaluable, personally and professionally. I am grateful to have been part of this programme, it has been the best start to my OT journey - nothing can take that away. I feel very valued and supported."

Occupational therapists are highly valued members of our Social Care team, with occupation central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference to enable individuals to live their lives their way at home, build on your core occupational therapy skills and work flexibly in a great team - then this rotation is the job for you.

Each rotation is 8 months and community based, working with people in their own homes and include the following teams:

Children's and Young People Disability Team - working with 0-18 year olds with physical, learning and communication disabilities within their home environment. Enabling them to reach and work towards their developmental milestones.

Mental Health Enablement Services - supporting people to conquer everyday challenges and live their lives.

Housing Occupational Therapy Services (Adults and Children) - working with people to overcome their environmental barriers through complex adaptations and more.

Reablement - providing short term therapy led goal-based support to people in their homes.

Adult Community Teams - working with adults with predominantly physical long-term conditions to enable occupational participation within the home, includes major adaptations and moving and handling.

All teams provide diverse experience working with people living with a wide range of conditions to enable their independence and wellbeing in their own homes. You'll learn to manage your own caseload, enable people to have independence and wellbeing within their lives, and work alongside informal carers and families. You'll become skilled in prescribing and risk assessing a range of manual handling, daily living equipment and major adaptations. You'll broaden your multi-disciplinary working within friendly, experienced teams.

To change everything around you, change where you work

Whether your aspirations lie in children's services or adult care, you can build a life that has real balance at Wiltshire Council. We are a positive and innovative place to work and bring a genuine can-do approach to everything we do. We have simplified our structures to ensure that our decisions are focused on our communities. Protecting the vulnerable is one of our key priorities - help us achieve this.

Our promise to you

We are innovating to create strong communities - we will empower you to share your ideas, to make suggestions and to help us find new solutions to old problems, whilst supporting you with the latest technology and encouraging collaboration with our communities, partners and colleagues.

We don't focus on limitations; we focus on opportunities and possibilities. In doing so, we're perfectly placed to help you achieve your potential and enjoy a truly fulfilling career. And this means you'll be able to empower our communities too, working collaboratively to help our residents live happier, healthier lives.

Our focus is on creating strong communities and we need aspirational, committed social workers. Learn about our approach to social care, our new social care academy and browse our vacancies.

We give our staff the opportunity to learn, develop, and grow. Our induction process for new starters is excellent, and you will receive regular supervision and training, access to memberships and subscriptions such as Research in Practice and Social Care Information and Learning Services (SCILS), team meetings, peer groups, journal clubs - the list goes on!

We offer excellent support for newly qualified Occupational Therapists, with a comprehensive induction and a 12-month preceptorship programme, with dedicated time off the job each month in your first year to focus on development and wellbeing. There are significant opportunities to engage in continuing professional development and develop your career across multiple specialties of occupational therapy. You'll gain work-life balance with a brilliant flexible working scheme and be part of a passionate OT team wherever you go. Explore more benefits here!