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Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : Bridge House - Worthing, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 30.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
salary: £41.12

Please note this position is for 4 days a week. The candidate will be required to spend 2 days a week in Worthing, the other 2 can be worked at home.
About the job
The role has responsibility for operational delivery and strategic development of the service, working with partners from the same directorate and other parts of the council, the Districts and Boroughs, the NHS, the voluntary sector, & private providers.

The role has responsibility for managing budgets, making funding decisions and ensuring that the health and social care resource is used efficiently and effectively, in line with key processes and policy. The postholder will be required to have professional oversight of the activity of the service such as complex cases, ensuring individual risk is managed effectively and the team works within legal frameworks.

You will need to have a good understanding of the care provider market in West Sussex and be able to work closely with colleagues in contracts and commissioning, supporting them in their work on developing and maintaining a resilient, quality and affordable market in the county as we move towards a significant reform of the way social care is delivered in England.

DBS check is a requirement of this post

Required experience and skills
(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

Key Skills:

1. Sound pragmatic problem-solving and decision-making skills.
2. Ability to work independently and provide detailed expert advice to different audiences.
3. Project management skills including scoping, planning and monitoring of progress.
4. Creativity in developing long term solutions to complex problems.
5. Ability to persuade, negotiate or influence within or outside the organisation.
6. Ability to develop and maintain sound partnerships inside and outside the organisation.

Qualifications and/or experience:
⦁ Post graduate professional qualification relevant either to management or to the professional service specialism; or equivalent level of significant experience demonstrating comprehensive application of the above levels of knowledge in a relevant setting.
⦁ Relevant chartered status of a professional body or equivalent high-level experience of involved practices.
⦁ Appropriate Management Qualification such as Certificate / Diploma in Management - Desirable
⦁ Experience of complex social care needs and operations, health and social care provider markets, contracting and commissioning issues.
⦁ Experience in dealing with complex issues, including safeguarding, managing complaints and working with partner organisations.
⦁ Experience of managing teams to deliver an outstanding service to others.
⦁ Considerable experience of managing and leading business activities with conflicting requirements.
⦁ Experience of managing a budget and contributing to decision making on high level spending.
⦁ Exposure to shaping and supporting initiatives in a political environment.

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £14.09

2 agency family support workers posts to support the CWD service through a period of transition.
Job Purpose:

Deliver family support assessment and interventions for children and young people with disabilities.

Main Duties:

1. To work sensitively with children with moderate to severe learning disabilities, and complex health needs, to develop their social and communication skills, and promote friendships, independence, and self-esteem.
2. To conduct assessments and support the planning of appropriate interventions and outcomes.
3. To consult meaningfully with children, young people, and their parents/carers to ensure that services are appropriate, tailored to individual need, reliable, and sensitive.
4. Ensure that the needs of children and young people are met through the delivery of planned interventions.
5. To act as Lead Professional where appropriate
6. To access wherever possible the fullest range of mainstream community resources and facilities in keeping with our aspirations for social inclusion and to provide activities that enable children to enjoy and achieve.
7. To up-date Sefton's Register of Disabled Children through the completion of face to face interviews with families and annual reviews

Qualifications;
Level 3 child care qualification or equivalent
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

Experience;
Experience of delivering and evaluating leisure opportunities for disabled children and young people.
Experience of working with parents and carers of disabled children and young people.
Experience of working with children and young people with medical/health needs and profound and complex disabilities.
Experience of multi-agency working with statutory or voluntary agencies in order to provide a wide range of different leisure opportunities.
Experience of supervising staff.

Job Category : Social Care - Unqualified
Location : Oakmeadow Community Support Centre, Widnes, WA8 6TJ, Halton Borough Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £10.19

Agency Care and Support worker required to cover a 6 week rota.
The rota is a mixture of Early and Late shifts in Oakmeadow for Care and Support of vulnerable adults including moving / Handling requirements and personal care. Care and Support Worker with up to date DBS, Moving & Handling certificate, Medication Certificate, Uniform/dressed appropriately
E= 7.45 am to 15.15 pm L= 15.00 pm to 22.15 pm N= 22.00 pm to 8.00 am
please see rota attached in documents
E= 7.45 am to 15.15 pm, L= 15.00 pm to 22.15 pm N= 22.00 pm to 8.00 am

Job Category : Administration
Location : County Hall, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £11.02

We are looking for a co-ordinator who will join our team of 12 admin support. You’ll be providing self-directed and proactive, confidential professional business and administrative support. This will include various admin tasks including such as attending complex meetings to produce written records, and providing assistance to senior leaders to enable them to deliver their strategic objectives and key outcomes.

Location : County Hall, Chichester
end date : end of March 2023
Working Arrangements : The team currently work from home and come into the office once a week, on Wednesdays. Occasionally meetings take place in the other WSCC offices, so you’ll also need to be able to travel independently around the county.

Some general information: - The team works on varying tasks supporting WSCC with CYPL (Children, Young People and Learning) - The team are friendly and collaborative, passionate and a highly valued support addition to the directorate - Projects within the department range from close work with Assistant Directors (managing diaries, meetings, agendas etc) to project support for specific challenges within the directorate (i.e. Ofsted, Improvement Board Project)

Job Category : Executive
Category : Permanent Recruitment
Location : Enfield Council
Start Date : Immediate Start
Base Salary : £56,380.00
Top Point Salary : £70,000.00

Principal Development Manager (Property) X2
£56,380 to £70,000 dependent on capabilities and experience (includes £7,579 Market Factor Supplement)
Permanent

Grow your career and help transform our Borough.
The Strategic Property Development team at Enfield Council manages a varied, primarily commercial development portfolio, dealing with everything from industrial estates to mixed-use regeneration schemes, joint ventures and land promotion activities.
This role offers an opportunity to influence how Enfield Council optimises its development pipeline through effective development management strategies and hands-on project delivery.
We also work at pace, so if you are someone who enjoys working in a fast-moving dynamic working environment and believe that you have the vision, skillset and experience we are looking for, then it would be a mistake not to apply.
The Role
We are looking for 2 experienced Principal Development Managers, who will manage, develop, acquire and dispose of primarily commercial property and promote land for mixed-use development.
Duties will include negotiating development and conditional sale agreements, managing joint venture relationships, funding agreements, agreeing Heads of Terms for property acquisitions and disposals, instructing and monitoring external agents and working with the Council’s external consultant teams on promoting land for development through the Local Plan process.
The successful candidates will be responsible for a portfolio of projects and workstreams, working within a small, dedicated team which reports to the Head of Strategic Property Development.
You will work collaboratively with colleagues in Strategic Property Services, Legal, HRA, Finance and other departments, to maximise asset value and generate new revenue streams or capital receipts through the team’s external market-facing activities, raise standards and support service delivery.
The Team
Strategic Property Development is a small but growing team of property specialists, who are passionate about optimising Enfield Council's property assets and community dividends. We have an ambitious programme of projects, guided by the Council’s Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) to deliver on the Council's broadest corporate objectives including economic growth, environmental sustainability and expanding opportunities for new employment and housing in the Borough.
We are also growing the Council's capacity and capability in Geographical Information Systems (mapped data) and our aim is to have a property team, to provide Enfield Council with an exemplar professional property service.
The Requirements
You will be an experienced Development Manager with strong commercial acumen and proven competencies in a variety of project delivery models and asset types.
You will play a pivotal role in managing a diverse range of workstreams working with a variety of client group and will need to demonstrate a good understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing local government in relation to the optimisation of its property estate.
You must have a proven ability to generate new income and capital receipt opportunities, as well as the ability to manage expenditure whilst delivering projects on time and within budget.
The role may require you to supervise in-house staff, as well as managing external providers of professional services who support the development management team.
Summary
In SPD no day is the same and there are constant challenges, but we share a vision; which is to ensure that Enfield’s land and property assets are made the most of, for the benefit of local people.
Working for Enfield Council:
• Flexible approach to working hours patterns, including for people with caring responsibilities.
• Ability to work remotely as well as the office under hybrid working arrangements.
• Annual upward salary increments within the stated salary scale.
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods (e.g. CIPFA and RICS)
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health & leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield.
That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together and find solutions, be open, honest & respectful, take responsibility and listen & learn.
If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Category : Drivers
Location : 4584 - Eastlands Supercentre – Asda Sport City, ASDA
Hours Per Week : 8.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 15:00
End Time : 23:00
Salary: £11.50

Job Category : Retail Stock Replenishment
Location : 4925 - Wheatley – London Road, ASDA
Hours Per Week : 40.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 10:00
End Time : 18:00
Salary: £10.00

Job Category : Environmental
Location : County Hall, North Yorkshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £14.63

Licensing Enforcement Officer, experience in taxi's would be very useful. Also covers Licensing Act, gambling, caravans, street trading, etc.
Main Purpose
Protects public safety and animal welfare providing technical and enforcement services in the FLOS Team and is jointly responsible for the delivery of the inspection programme and enforcement across the district.

Takes a lead role for the provision of complex specified service areas. Deals with complex and non-routine enquiries.
Responsible for developing and reviewing policy and procedures e.g. Taxi “Rulebook”, Criminal Record, Enforcement, Licensing Act, Gambling Act, Street Trading, charity collections etc.
Interview drivers for licences to drive Hackney Carriages and Private Hire vehicles. Decides on the fitness and suitability of applicant’s, vehicles, premises and records to comply with the standards required under legislation before the issue of licences. Meets and deals with licence holders on problems they may have regarding the regulations etc.
Delivers a risk based inspection programme of all licenced premises focussed on performance targets e.g. animal boarding, riding establishments, zoos, scrap metal, licenced premises, alcohol, gambling, caravan sites etc.
Decides when a licence application has been properly submitted, and where relevant, decides what conditions should be attached to a licence. Decides on licence approval or refusal making reference to local procedures, council policy, legislation, government guidance and regulations to a greater or lesser degree depending on availability. Refers to a hearing when appropriate.
Determines contested applications, reports to hearing and court at appeal
Investigates complaints concerning licensed premises, vehicles and unlicensed activities.
Works with partner agencies such as police and trading standards to ensure compliance with legislation.
Takes enforcement action, serves legal notices, suspends and revokes licences as appropriate. Has responsibility for enforcement outside of normal working hours. Undertakes recorded interviews under caution. Prepares prosecution file in accordance with the Safer Communities Enforcement Policy. Prepares own witness statements and those of witnesses, attends court and gives evidence.
Arranges vehicle Compliance Tests in accordance with the Hackney Carriage regulations and issues certificates. Liaises with garages re problem vehicles, visits garage if required and adjudicates where vehicles have failed. Handles any complaints from the garage against the driver of the Hackney/Private hire vehicle when attending their Compliance Test.
Ensures taxi fare meters are sited and operated and calibrated correctly. Carries out checks on suspected abuse of meters. Undertakes meter tests of vehicles over a measured distance.
Represents Harrogate Borough Council on external groups/forums and participates in Corporate working groups relating to all Licensing matters.
Prepares and presents reports on all aspects licensing work for Head of Service, Cabinet Members and Committees, attends meetings giving advice, guidance and evidence.
Responsible for the enforcement & recovery of Licence fees throughout the year. Must follow agreed accountancy and audit procedures in handling, banking, receipting and balancing of all money.
Liaises with the trade in relation to matters such as policy, compliance etc. Facilitates forum groups such as Pubwatch, Offwatch, Taxi Liaison group and other local liaison groups.
Checks and determines eligibility using Disclosure and Barring Service, Police and medical reports.
Works with immigration and safeguarding agencies to prevent and detect serious crimes.
Reviews and updates as necessary all systems, forms and procedures in liaison with Technical Support Team.
Participates in and provides training and education in Licensing matters/updates to staff.
Ensures that all relevant targets and performance standards are met.
Identifies and delivers opportunities for fee paid services in accordance with the Charging for Services Policy.
Prioritises and plans own work programme.
Is required to work outside normal office hours.
Carries out any other duty that may reasonably fall within the general nature and level of responsibility and competence of the post as required by the FLOS/EP Manager or Head of Safer Communities

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Time Square, Bracknell Forest Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £27.22

Looking for experienced social workers to join child protection teams dealing with CIN, CP, CLA and care proceedings.

Job Category : Administration
Location : County Hall North, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £13.71

Pay - Grade 8
Location - Chichester
Working Arrangements - Mix of home and office - 1 day per week in the office

Job Description :
We are seeking a Programme Support Officer to support the work undertaken by the Programme Management Office.
You will be responsible for maintenance and change control of project documents, planning and managing several small projects, as well as collecting, coordinating and analysing management information.
You will also plan and assist in the development and staging of a variety of events, including meetings, seminars and briefings.
You’ll need to demonstrate previous experience of working in a programme / project team.
You’ll have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and will be able to establish effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
You’ll be a great problem-solver, using your initiative to anticipate and resolve issues independently.
You’ll have excellent IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel etc), and will be used to analysing complex information and statistics.
You will be adept at building relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally providing advice and guidance.
You will have the ability to positively influence where needed on a range of project-related issues. Required experience and skills (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)
Key Skills:

1. Advanced analytical skills in order to interpret and manipulate varied and complex project information in relation to services required by the client. Able to make connections, see issues in a wider context, carry out analysis and use judgement in making recommendations.
2. Able to scope out work and work across the team, managing time, planning work and meeting deadlines, priorities and targets, demonstrating emerging project management and task management skills. Able to manage medium-sized projects with direction e.g. for provision of urgent project reports required by client.
3. Clear and able communicator, able to present ideas and reports and articulate an argument with clarity. Confident dealing with stakeholders at all levels and overseeing consultations. Able to produce information of a technical nature without guidance, to be incorporated into reports.
4. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently, planning solutions and making sound pragmatic decisions.
5. Able to use a wide range of specialist software associated with the role to carry out research, analyse documents and present data as part of day-to-day work.
6. Excellent literacy and numeracy skills in order to understand and carry out financial analysis and reporting, and prepare reports etc.
   Qualifications and/or experience:
   • Degree or HNC in an appropriate area, or equivalent qualification, or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
   • Diploma Management Studies (DMS) or equivalent - Desirable
   Experience of working as a competent member of a project team, ideally in a project support role or equivalent.
   Experience of working in a rapidly changing environment and of working within project management systems / practices and providing effective support.
   Experience of project planning - Desirable
   Experience of using Microsoft Project - Desirable

Job Category : Admin / Clerical
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £17.51

Training Coordinator to provide comprehensive administrative and financial support to deliver an effective and efficient Training, Learning and Development function. To also provide administrative support to assigned City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership (CHSCP) Sub / Task Groups, including the organisation of meetings, the production and circulation of minutes and preparation of papers.
To provide:
administrative support to assigned City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership (CHSCP) Sub / Task Groups, including the organisation of meetings, the production and circulation of minutes and preparation of papers.
comprehensive administrative and financial support to deliver an effective and efficient Training, Learning and Development function.
General Duties/Responsibilities
To manage items for inclusion on agendas, arranging for action points to be followed up and reported back, and to organise and assist the work of assigned Sub / Task Groups (including the facilitation of meeting arrangements, agendas, minutes and collation of relevant papers, evidence, data and other documentation required).
To produce high quality information in a variety of formats and audiences, which are appropriately presented, accurate, timely and useful.
To distribute notification / data collection forms and to ensure that they are completed in full and in a timely manner by all professionals. To chase outstanding information ensuring that timescales for completion are adhered to.

Experience
Experience of working in an administration role in a complex and large organisation
Experience in successfully managing a variety of projects simultaneously and achieving targets Skills & Abilities
An ability to be able to plan, prioritise and organise own work in line with CHSCP training objectives.
Excellent minute taking skills
Computer literate with the skills necessary to work with information management systems, producing good quality data in a variety of formats.
An ability to manage competing demands, work methodically, think systematically and achieve targets.
A good standard of spoken and written literacy.
The ability to work and liaise effectively with staff and professionals from different agencies at different tiers as required.
The ability to keep to strict deadlines; for example attending courses, responding to applications, preparing reports and correspondence.
A commitment to Equal Opportunities and an enthusiasm to incorporate the principles of equality and diversity into own work.

Job Category : Technical
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £18.01

Gas Compliance Office
Main purpose of the post:

⦁ To update the section database with relevant data from gas safety certificates and other documentation.
⦁ To monitor contractor progress on the gas servicing programme.
⦁ To act as the lead point of contact for all issues relating to gas servicing in a particular housing area.
Key responsibility areas:

1. To act as the lead officer for gas servicing for one housing area, and to take operational decisions, consulting the Team Leader where necessary. To also act as the contact point for residents on all gasrelated issues.
2. To organise and attend contract meetings, representing customer concerns where necessary.
3. To liaise with customers, contractors, Housing Areas and the Lambeth Service Centre, utilising telephone, email, fax and letters as necessary.
4. To provide cover for other administration officers in the team when they are unavailable.
5. To take responsibility for monitoring the progress of contractor’s servicing, including completions, no access, variations etc, and.
   maintain relevant information of contractor staff as required.
6. To take responsibility for determining own priorities according to dayday circumstances.
7. To examine gas safety certificates (CP12s) for further action or unresolved problems, liaising with gas engineers as necessary. To input data to the section’s database, as directed by the Team Leader.
8. To archive documents as necessary, including filing and batching documents for scanning.
9. To investigate complaints regarding the gas servicing contract, writing the response and recommending outcomes to the Team Leader.
10. To certify payments on saffron or other similar systems.
11. To provide support to the Lambeth Service Centre as required.
12. To raise orders on saffron or other similar systems.
13. To arrange appointments for gas engineers as necessary.
14. To produce and provide information and reports as required.

Key Knowledge
A working knowledge of computer software applications – at least Microsoft Word, Access and Excel required.

Relevant Experience
Proven suitable experience and knowledge operating administrative systems.

Alternatively proven suitable experience and knowledge in a field of work closely related

Some knowledge of the gas maintenance industry is desirable

Job Category : Procurement
Location : Preston Campus, University of Central Lancashire
Hours Per Week : 36.15
Start Date : 31/10/2022
End Date : 31/10/2022
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £250.00 per day
Assistant Sourcing Manager for Estates to Cover secondment

Job Purpose:
The work will support the following University objectives;

To transform Procurement Services into a leading edge and professional organisation through becoming more focused, more integrated, more disciplined through…
creating a centrally coordinated, highly effective procurement function with strong execution capability
being highly credible through the delivery of substantial and sustainable savings,
being an integral strategic partner with Faculties / Support Functions and supply chain partners, and
being a sustainable capability that is a strategic advantage for the University of Central Lancashire
Main duties and responsibilities:

To support development of category vision.
To gain an understanding of the Category both internally and externally
To lead on low value procurements;
To establish working relationships and proactively engage with and work collaboratively with the relevant stakeholders
To highlight risk and issues and record progress through periodic reporting.
To identify and promote value added services across the University.
To deliver budget efficiencies and maximise use of University’s funds.
To procure and negotiate contractual agreements.
To develop supply market in support of the University.
To promote commercial best practise through stakeholder and supplier relationships.
To engage with SME’s and the local community in order to meet the University’s Sustainable Procurement policies (Responsible Procurement).
To ensure the delivery of compliant procurements and contracts and be responsible for improving overall compliance statistics and addressing non-compliance.
To contribute to continuous improvement initiatives which lead to Procurement being recognised as Best in Class.
To contribute to the University’s vision and mission as encapsulated in the University of Central Lancashiire Strategy 2015 – 2020.
To contribute to the delivery of the University’s Financial Strategy

Work Experience
Experience of delivering multiple procurement projects using Project Management techniques.
Experience of negotiating contract and commercial terms.
Commercial experience with an understanding of Total Cost of Ownership and Demand Management approaches.
Use of technology such as e-sourcing; finance systems and Microsoft packages.

Skills/ Abilities
Delivery focus with an interest in recommending and promoting innovation.
Able to understand customer needs and offer new ideas to challenge/influence the status quo in support of the business strategy.
Written and verbal communication skills appropriate for the effective performance of the role and to communicate with senior stakeholders.
Knowledge of procurement legislation, tendering, contract management and supplier management.
Commercial skills and developed analytical skills.
Self-awareness, with a drive for constant self-improvement.
Ability to analyse both financial and non-financial information to identify commercial opportunities.
Ability to use technology such as e-sourcing; finance systems and Microsoft packages.
Subject matter expert in respect of industry and market knowledge including networking experience relating to designated categories of spend.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : The Grange, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £27.81

Location: Based at County Hall North. Must be able to drive to fulfil the role requirements.
Working Arrangement's : Mix of home working and office/home visits once induction completed. Monday - Friday ideally 8am - 5.30pm. Full time and Part time considered: At least 3 days to be worked during the week.
Experience in moving and handling and adaptations but must have experience in one of these areas
£35 - £38 per hour, dependent on experience

Required experience and skills Key Skills:

1. Ability to apply a risk enablement approach and use evidence-based practice.
2. Ability to complete a strengths-based assessment (as directed by the Care Act 2014).
3. Ability to develop a person-centred care and support plan with clearly defined outcomes.
4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in order to interact effectively with a range of stakeholders to provide clear advice and guidance and clinical interventions in complex cases, including the ability to use a variety of information technologies.
5. Excellent supervision, coaching and mentoring skills.
6. Ability to prioritise and organise work and meet agreed performance expectations.

Qualifications and/or experience:
• Diploma /BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification.
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Relevant post-qualifying experience of clinical functional assessments, intervention planning, implementation and review, with examples of applying Occupational Therapy practice to complex issues.
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Experience of inter-agency and multi-disciplinary work to support collaborative working relationships.
• Sound and accurate IT knowledge to ensure effective record keeping, respecting confidentiality.

Job Category : Social Care - Qualified
Location : The Grange, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £27.81

Pay rate : Up to £35 per hour
Directorate Group: Independent Living Services
Location: Horsham
Working arrangements: Mix of home working and office / home visits once induction completed. Monday to Friday 8am - 1730 pm.

About the job You will work as part of a strong and dynamic Occupational therapy service. In this role you will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments (as directed by Care Act 2014) utilising Occupational Therapy skills and knowledge to develop and implement a plan of support, aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering outcomes for people. The OT will be required to assess and provide equipment and minor works and have good manual handling knowledge and ability ensuring the reablement programme is monitored and reviewed and the person’s outcomes are met.
The plan may include advice, information, the provision of assistive equipment and recommendations for home adaptation. You’ll be expected to use up to date evidence-based practice to inform your intervention and where appropriate carry out risk assessments and undertake assessments under the Mental capacity Act and/or Deprivation of Liberty safeguards. Maintaining continual professional development (CPD) and sharing best practice with colleagues to deliver positive outcomes for residents in West Sussex is key. Linking people back into their communities, removing barriers to engagement and providing interventions that support resilience and maintain wellbeing is also essential to this role.

Key Skills:

1. Ability to apply a risk enablement approach and use evidence-based practice.
2. Ability to complete a strengths-based assessment (as directed by the Care Act 2014).
3. Ability to develop a person-centred care and support plan with clearly defined outcomes. 4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to interact effectively with a range of stakeholders to provide clear advice and guidance and clinical interventions.
4. Ability to prioritise and organise work and meet agreed performance expectations.
5. Sound and accurate IT skills to ensure effective record keeping, respecting confidentiality.
   Qualifications and/or experience:
   • Diploma / BSc Occupational Therapy or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification.
   • Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
   • Experience of undertaking clinical functional assessments and of Occupational Therapy intervention planning, implementation and review.
   • Experience of working as an Occupational Therapist with people with physical disabilities in the community providing appropriate interventions to enable independence at home.
   • Experience of inter-agency and multi-disciplinary work to support collaborative working relationships.