AddressSenior Occupational Therapy Assistants
Adult Social Care
Permanent
Grade 4 - £32,076 - £39,186 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Be Bold. Be Birmingham. Be your best in Adult Social Care.
About the role
Using your understanding of the aspirations of the people who use our services and their carers, your focus will be on completing assessments make recommendations that enable citizens to maximise their quality of life.
Arranging the appropriate service provision, your role will include working with other agencies to reduce barriers to social inclusion and achieve solutions that meet individual citizens’ needs. You will explore provision of simple and specialist equipment, minor adaptations and the provision of major adaptation, along with supporting with other aspects under the Adult Social Care Occupational Therapy team portfolio. This post would suit someone with hands-on experience in manual handling of people.
About us
Birmingham is a vibrant, courageous, resilient city, where great things are happening. And that goes far beyond hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It’s about the renewed investment, ongoing regeneration and the fierce ambition we have for the future of our brilliant city and citizens.
We are a team that strives for innovation and we’re not afraid to say we want to be the best in adult social care – because that means better outcomes for the individuals we’re all here for. We have a strong and supportive team that works together to achieve the best for our citizens. The diversity of our communities and scale of our service means a greater variety of social care challenges and more scope for development.
About you
We’d like you to bring:
- Experience of working with elderly or disabled citizens, either in a professional or voluntary capacity.
- Understanding of equal opportunity and diversity issues.
- Experience of report writing and strong verbal and written communication skills
- Readiness to work flexibly across different projects across the city
- Excellent work ethic, working continually at a fast pace
- Ability to engage in difficult and sensitive conversations with citizens and their representatives
- Team worker and also able to work with autonomy
What we offer in return
We’re committed to creating an environment that promotes diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing and balance. We’ll empower you to be the best you can be, with coaching, mentoring and training programmes that meet your professional and personal development needs at every stage of your career with us.
We’re also proud to offer:
- Family friendly policies.
- A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme.
- 29 days’ annual leave increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days.
Be Bold. Be Birmingham. Apply today.
Find out more at Be Your Best in Adult Social Care
You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered. Please do not attach CVs as we do not accept them.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
Please note job advert may be removed prior to closing date dependent on the number of applicants received.
Closing date 12 July 2024 at 23.59.
Interviews for this post will take place in person. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further information.
For any informal enquires please contact: Gemma Blundell at gemma.blundell@birmingham.gov.uk
Ref: BCC2215
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) would be required to hold a relevant Visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).
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