Occupational Therapists

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

Brighter Future

Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk)

These posts are an excellent opportunity to progress your career and are suitable for any new or experienced Occupational Therapists. Cheshire East Council is moving to a bespoke and supportive Occupational Therapy Service in both the South and East of the Council, with assistance from dedicated Occupational Therapy Managers. We would like to encourage you to come and join us and help develop this new innovative service. Within Cheshire East we offer supportive and friendly Teams with flexibility at the heart of what we do, so can offer full time or part time posts depending upon your needs. We provide a good level of training and encouragement around Professional Practice and CPD and there are opportunities for development. Our service works closely with Community Therapists with whom we have developed strong partnerships to improve client outcomes for the residents of Cheshire East. Additionally, this also provides a wide range of learning and training opportunities and joint working across traditional boundaries.

You will be trained if required to undertake specialized assessments and interventions for both adults and paediatric clients who present with physical, learning, or mental health needs that impact on their ability to manage within their home environment. You will be supported to identify if there is potential for improvement, through joint working with other community therapists, and have support to recognise the use of any aids, equipment and/or adaptations and Assistive Technology devices. You will be trained if required to respond to the long-term needs of service users who require major adaptations to their home environment, and supported to identify functional needs and the impact of the built environment to enable you to develop solutions to meet clients’ needs and maintain independence and safety.

Grade 8 SCP 24-28 £33,024 - £36,648

Grade 9 SCP 28-31 £36,648 - £39,186

Applicants that are not yet HCPC registered but will become so in the next few months will also be considered. This will be paid at the highest rate of grade 7 SCP 23 until you become registered and then you will move to the next grade as agreed with your manager. Grade 7 SCP 18-23 £29,269 - £32,076

What we are looking for:

• Enthusiastic and well-rounded HCPC registered Occupational Therapists, who are keen to develop and learn new skills.
• Candidates who are self-motivated with good communication skills and the ability to learn, work and develop to become both autonomous within the occupational therapy service and has good organisational skills.
• The candidates should be able to provide a client centred approach to care and with support demonstrate sound clinical knowledge in evidence-based assessment and management of a variety of conditions.
• It will be essential for the post holder to work within the Council’s policies and professional practice, in addition to maintaining accurate and comprehensive client documentation.

The post holders will be based at one of the sites across Cheshire East to be decided but there may be a necessity to travel to other bases in Macclesfield, Crewe, Wilmslow and Congleton. Cheshire East Council operates a ‘flexible and mobile’ working policy.

For further information please contact Diane Cuffe, Locality Manager on 07775221695 or diane.cuffe@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.

For any technical enquiries please email sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk

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