Occupational Therapy Assistant

As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you can expect to receive supervision and support to develop the specialist skills necessary for your role. Your focus in the team will be to:

• holistically assess service users, within their own homes, supporting them to identify solutions which may include:
+ small or medium adaptations + standard equipment that promotes independence
• keeping timely, evidence based clinical records to support your assessments and interventions
• managing day to day aspects of a community clinical case load
• make detailed onward referrals to other teams and services. For example:
+ provision of telecare + social work, physiotherapy or other health and social care services
• recognise and work within the scope and remit of your role, seeking support and guidance as appropriate, As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you should have a basic understanding of the OT profession. Previous experience of working within health or social care is desirable but not essential. We would encourage you to make use of the additional resources below before making an application.
As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you will be committed to working in line with Ceredigion's vision to allow people to develop the skills and resilience they need to lead fulfilled lives and achieve their goals. You'll be eager to learn and share your experience. Most of all you should be as passionate as we are about innovation, teamwork and providing a quality evidence-based service. We work as a team, we value the importance of every team member's contribution and potential. Return to qualified Occupational Therapy Practice: We welcome you to apply if you have previous qualified as an Occupational Therapist and your HCPC registration has lapsed. You should still meet the essential job criteria. We can support you to work toward re registration and potentially, as vacancies become available, to apply for qualified specialist OT roles within the team (subject to achieving set competencies). This is a unique opportunity to progress toward a specialist OT role. If you share our values, get in touch to discuss this exciting opportunity, or apply now. This role benefits from: + Hybrid work (potential to work at home and in office, travel within county for face to face assessment also required). + Flexi time. + Generous Discretional financial grant to support the right candidate to relocate to Ceredigion.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk. As part of this commitment, certain roles within our organisation require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to assess the suitability of candidates. This role will require an Enhanced DBS check. Please note that the presence of previous convictions will not necessarily disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. We assess each applicant on a case-by-case basis, and take into account the nature and relevance of any convictions in relation to the responsibilities of the role. Our goal is to create an inclusive and supportive work environment where all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. If you have any concerns or questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact us for clarification. Your privacy and dignity are of utmost importance to us throughout the recruitment process.

We are a team that feels passionately about using Occupational Therapy to help people live more meaningful lives. Following a recent review of the Occupational Therapy services within Ceredigion County Council, a new service structure has been developed. Both community adult and Paediatric services now work under the same management structure within Ceredigion's through age well-being model. This Occupational Therapy Assistant role sits under the community Adult team. We're passionate about the high-quality, person-centred service we provide to the people of Ceredigion and the unique perspective our profession brings to the wider organisation. We believe that at every life stage people are entitled to reach their full potential. As a team we're proud of our supportive culture and seek to share our strengths, professional skills, and broad knowledge - both in our immediate OT service and with MDT colleagues.

(Full time 37 hrs PW Mon-Fri Permanent post). Alternative working hours may be considered for the right candidate., What we offer Work-life balance Lifestyle savings scheme Generous employer pension scheme Cycle to work scheme Learning and developmentWhere you'll work Porth Gofal - Targeted Intervention Services We are at the core of Ceredigion's through-age social care provision and we focus on ensuring that each individual receives the intervention that is best placed to meet their needs or, where necessary, guide them to early help or specialist services. Our functions include: # Porth Gofal Intake and Triage Team # Targeted Intervention Services # Fostering Services # Residential and Day Care Services # Housing Services # Integrated Community Equipment Stores # Emergency Duty Team More information regarding our teams can be found here. Penmorfa Penmorfa is our most central office, it is where our Chief Executive and Councillors are based. Read more Aberaeron Aberaeron is a picture perfect harbour town and is one of Ceredigion's best loved holiday destinations with fashionable places to stay and eat. Read more