SWRK 3520 - G3 Occupational Therapist (605651)

Location: East Kilbride

Hours: 35 hours per week, Permanent

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday

Salary / Hourly Rate: £46,005 - £46,991 per year

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join this supportive and forward-thinking multi-professional, multi-agency team within East Kilbride as an Occupational Therapist. The Home Assessment Team model delivers on the national priority agenda of Discharge Without Delay through truly integrated working between Local Authority, Health and Third Sector.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop and utilise clinical and rehabilitation skills to support the people of Clydesdale to live at home as independently as possible and achieve the goals that really matter to them in a way that puts the person at the centre of their treatment and decisions about their lives. Supportive supervision and CPD structures are embedded in the practice of the team and this post offers the opportunity to develop and utilise leadership skills whilst having a real impact on future service delivery in the area.

You will work within the Home Assessment Team in East Kilbride locality. The successful candidate will be required to provide a community-based occupational service on behalf of Social Work Resources:

• To implement occupational therapy principles within the auspices of community practice, maintaining high standards of professional practice and provision.
• To undertake, in conjunction with clients and/or their advocate, comprehensive specialist assessments within the community setting.
• To formulate and co-ordinate care plans on complex disability-related issues, in accordance with community care procedures.
• To provide direct occupational therapy service intervention in efforts to address identified areas of assessed need.
• To undertake specialist functional or environmental related assessments – complementing departmental operational and strategic functions.

You must hold a Diploma from the College of Occupational Therapists, a BSc or higher degree in Occupational Therapy. This post will require you to have obtained Registration Health Professions Council.

Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents:

• Please study the Job Profile and provide examples of your work, or other activities which demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake the duties of the post, please include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application, e.g. personal qualities, achievements at work, non-work related or voluntary work experience.
• This role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Please provide detail of a time when you worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team to complete a task. Describe the situation, who was involved, what role you played, and describe the outcomes.
• South Lanarkshire Council are committed to delivering excellent customer service. Please describe how you would ascertain and manage client expectations, while still delivering excellent customer service. Provide an example of a situation where you identified risks for an individual service user. Describe what concerned you and why, describe what your actions were and what the overall outcome was for the service user.
• Describe a role where you have used your communication and interpersonal skills to achieve success in a task.

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Preferred candidates identified after this selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003. This post is considered Regulated Work with adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description. South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans & Service leavers are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award-winning local government pension scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave.
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days).
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support).

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. To be considered for this vacancy you must complete the application form. All CV submissions will be disregarded.

About Us: South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town. Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper. We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes: People - skills, learning and employability; Place - physical infrastructure and place; Business - business development and growth.