Occupational Therapist -various locations in Glenfield

Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Salary: £33,129 - £44,109 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 14th September 2026

Interview Date: TBC

If you are an innovative, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Occupational Therapist (or Occupational Therapy Students nearing the end of your course) please keep on reading as we may have the perfect job for you!

We are currently recruiting to posts County Wide and have the following teams available:

• Occupational Therapist – Blaby, Oadby, Wigston & Harborough (37 Hours Per Week, Permanent)

Dependent on skills, abilities and relevant experience, we are recruiting to:

• Level 1 Occupational Therapist: £33,129 to £35,493
• Level 2 Occupational Therapist: £36,621 to £40,458
• Level 3 Occupational Therapist: £41,259 to £44,109

About the Role

We have a strong team of Occupational Therapists and Community Support Workers who are passionate about supporting both adults and children with disabilities and long-term needs.

Our Reablement Teams use a strength-based approach to help individuals to live the lives they want. Interventions could include providing information and advice, reablement approaches such as practice of task or alternative techniques, provision of equipment, and arranging major/minor adaptations. We aim to achieve the best outcomes for children and adults across Leicestershire, taking a strengths-based approach and embracing change and new opportunities.

Within the reablement team of Blaby, Oadby, Wigston and Harborough we also provide assessments for people within the local prisons. Interventions are based on a compensatory approach, supporting individuals to manage their functional difficulties within the confines of the prison environment.

The Lightbulb OT team are responsible for complex major adaptations, and design innovative schemes which give people access to essential facilities in their home. They work closely with housing officers within the Lightbulb service to progress schemes from design to completion. We are a county wide service.

The OT’s working in the Single-Handed Care team focus on involving individuals in the physical care they receive to support them to remain at home. This will include looking at techniques or equipment that can reduce carers involvement with the aim to maintaining the individual’s functional ability and improve their experience of receiving care.

What we offer:

• A varied in-house training programme.
• Participation in OT student education.
• Great team and managerial support.
• A varied caseload.
• Regular supervision, on-going support and CPD opportunities.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or expect to have completed your course and obtained registration in 2025.
• Have knowledge of occupational therapy methodologies, social care policies such as reablement and asset based social care, and relevant legislation including The Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children’s Act and Disabled Facilities Grant.
• Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
• Have experience of partnership working with citizens to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertive and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships.
• Be able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
• Have good prioritisation and time management skills.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Lauren Taylor,

Telephone: 0116 305 8869

Email: Lauren.Taylor@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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