Occupational Therapy Assistant

Are you a highly motivated Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) looking to make a meaningful impact? Or do you have relevant experience to become an excellent OTA?

We are a welcoming and well-established Occupational Therapy Team in Adult Social Care.

About the Role: As an OTA, you will conduct home-based functional assessments focusing on daily living activities. You’ll employ a variety of preventive interventions to support independence, including equipment provision, home adaptations, and enablement. Your assessments will cover areas such as:

• Accessing bathing facilities

• Toileting

• Personal care

• Mobility and transfers

• Kitchen activities/tasks

• Connecting individuals to their communities is a vital aspect of this role.

Key Responsibilities: * Remote Assessments

• Conduct virtual or telephone-based assessments to identify individuals’ needs promptly.

• Provide guidance and support to ensure immediate solutions, including signposting and equipment provision where appropriate.

• Home Assessments

• Visit individuals in their homes to evaluate their living environment and assess functional abilities.

• Identify potential risks and recommend adaptations/ equipment/ interventions/assistive technology to enhance safety and independence.

• Provision of Equipment and Adaptations and assistive technology

• Recommend, arrange, and facilitate the delivery of appropriate equipment to meet assessed needs.

• Coordinate home adaptations to improve accessibility and daily living.

• Reablement

• Support individuals in regaining skills and confidence following illness, injury, or a change in circumstances.

• Develop tailored, short-term reablement plans that encourage independence and reduce reliance on long-term care services.

• Community Resource Utilisation

• Identify and connect individuals with local community resources and services that promote wellbeing and independence.

• Signpost individuals to social, recreational, or support networks to reduce isolation and improve quality of life.

• Strengths-Based Practice

• Focus on individuals’ capabilities and strengths, empowering them to make decisions about their care and support needs.

• Collaboration with Multidisciplinary Teams

• Work closely with occupational therapists, social workers, social care officers and healthcare professionals, carers (both paid and informal) and voluntary services to provide holistic support.

• Record Keeping and Compliance

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of assessments, interventions, and outcomes.

• Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, and legislation, including the Care Act and health and safety regulations

Our Approach: We adhere to the Care Act and Occupational Therapy principles, utilising a ‘Strengths-based’ (or asset-based) approach. This holistic and multidisciplinary practice focuses on individuals’ strengths, including personal and community networks, to promote wellbeing. Our approach is outcomes-led, ensuring that we prioritise the individual’s goals and needs.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a supportive and collaborative team dedicated to professional growth.

Benefit from guidance and supervision from experienced Occupational Therapists

Make a genuine and lasting impact on the lives of individuals in your community

Join us and take the next step in your career while making a real difference

Please read the OTA job profile for more info.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

In return we offer you:

• Generous annual leave entitlement

• Generous local government pension scheme package

• Access to wider training and development qualifications

• Flexible working scheme

• Travel plan discounts

• Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker

• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service

• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers

• The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: –

Please be advised that we only accept online applications submitted through JobsGoPublic ATS

If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.

All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on 01634 332878.