Job summary***TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK (BOTTOM RIGHT) WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WILTSHIRE COUNCIL CAREERS SITE TO APPLY, WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT ANY APPLICATIONS VIA NHS JOBS***Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist Rotation Social Care Wiltshire CouncilWe are excited to introduce a rotation for newly qualified Occupational Therapists working in Social Care within Wiltshire Council. 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 in duration. All rotations are community based, working with people in their own homes and plan to include the following teams:Childrens and Young People Disability Team working with 0-18 year olds with physical, learning and communication disabilities within their home environment.Mental Health Enablement ServicesHousing Occupational Therapy Services(Adults and Children)ReablementOngoing SupportMore Information can be found on the Job Advert!Main duties of the jobAll teams provide diverse experience working with people living with a wide range of conditions to enable their independence and wellbeing in their own homes. Youll learn to manage your own caseload, enable people to have independence and wellbeing within their lives, and work alongside informal carers and families. Youll become skilled in prescribing and risk assessing a range of manual handling, daily living equipment and major adaptations. Youll broaden your multi-disciplinary working within friendly, experienced teams.Rotational OT posts are available to be based in either the Salisbury, Trowbridge, and Chippenham areas.This rotation starts in September 2024 with the option to join earlier if desired.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. Youll gain work-life balance with a brilliant flexible working scheme and be part of a passionate OT team wherever you go.About usHeres what our existing Newly Qualified OTs from 2022-3 said about the preceptorship support and development opportunities they had last year;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.Why us?Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. Thats why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.For more details, contact Mary Harvey, Principal Occupational Therapist, atMary.Harvey@WIltshire.gov.uk, or call 01722 432303.This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFully engage in the Preceptorship programme for newly qualified occupational therapists by planning and reviewing progress and development at regular intervals, fully co-operating with the NQ OT Lead and the supervisor (where these are different people), attending support groups and other activities for NQOTs and preparing for own supervision andappraisal through self-evaluation, ensuring that continual professional development is evidenced. Specific duties and responsibilities include:To uphold standards of practice for Occupational Therapists as determined by the regulatory body, the Health and Care Professions Council and the Professional Standards and Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.To support carers to continue in their role.To ensure that the primary responsibility of safeguarding adults is delivered in accordance with the law and local policy and guidance.Manage a busy caseload with some moderately complex cases; access support and guidance for the management of complex and challenging cases. Be able to reprioritise work according to individual customer and service needs.Undertake strengths based occupational therapy assessments (including assessment of mental capacity where appropriate) using your professional judgement to adapt your approach to the individual needs of the customer in order to assist them meet their outcomes and to live as independently as possible fulfilling their individual potential..Develop an understanding of risk assessment and positive risk taking. Working with customers to manage risk and record actions and strategies agreed.Undertake moving and handling risk assessments, using your expertise to record the recommendations in an format appropriate to the customers and/or carers needs. Monitoring and evaluating risk and sharing information with the relevant parties including demonstration of recommended techniques.Assess for and recommend minor and major adaptations in accordance with the Care Act and Housing legislation and guidance to enable accessible environments for customers within the reablement service.Record all occupational therapy contacts accurately, and in a timely way, onto the social care records in accordance with work targets set by the Team Manager and CA10-2474 NQ Occupational Therapist April 2023 Page 5 of 8 Supervisor.Understand and utilise universally available services within the voluntary and community sector, as well as maintaining knowledge of services commissioned by the Council to support effective provision of information to customers.Practice within the current legal framework, including health, social care and housing legislation; and Wiltshire Council policies and procedures.Take active responsibility for your own continuing professional development including attendance at statutory and non statutory training and participation in development opportunitiesFully engage and prepare for own supervision and appraisal through self-evaluation, ensuring that continual professional development is evidenced.Provide professional, advice and support to non- professionally qualified staff and ensure that any practice and other concerns are communicated with line managers.Contribute proactively to the effective working of the team with positive attitude, by sharing knowledge, offering advice and support and by preparedness to be involved in the development of servicesHave an awareness of safeguarding in line with Wiltshire policy, including making referrals and participating in safeguarding investigations.Establish and maintain good working relationship and carry out joint visits and assessments with other professionals e.g. GP's, Consultants and Health Therapists working with the customer. Seek advice from and refer to other disciplines as appropriateEnsure that Council Policies and Procedures are followed at all times.Be an ambassador for the Council and the service at all times, always representing the Council positively, professionally and appropriately at meetings with customers, external partners and agenciesAttend Civil Emergencies when a Rest Centre is set upMake decisions on Blue and Bus Badge appeals Specific requirements for this post:To successfully complete the NQ OT programmeAbility to travel on a daily basis and to undertake visits to customers in their own homes or in other settings e.g. hospital.There will be a requirement to occasionally work outside of standard hours, including weekends, to meet the needs of the service, for example assessing customers abilities at different times of the day or provide support to other members of the reablement team. The number of out of hours worked will not exceed 10% of the total contracted hours per week.Person SpecificationExperienceEssentialPLEASE SEE JOB ADVERTDesirablePLEASE SEE JOB ADVERTQualificationsEssentialPLEASE SEE JOB ADVERTDesirablePLEASE SEE JOB ADVERTDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer detailsEmployer nameWiltshire CouncilAddressCounty HallBythesea RdTrowbridgeWiltshireBA14 8JNEmployer's websitehttp://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)