This 12-month post with Sport for Confidence CIC sits within the SFC Connect service, a preventative model run within Everyone Active provision. The occupational therapist carries out brief, structured assessments, then builds person-centred action plans and short-term enabling support. The role is distinct for using physical activity as a therapeutic tool and for linking clinical services with community leisure. HCPC registration and at least one year as an Occupational Therapist are needed.
What the job involves
- Carry out holistic occupational therapy assessments of occupational performance, identity, routines and barriers to participation
- Apply clinical reasoning to assess risk, determine pathway suitability and make onward referrals
- Develop person-centred occupational formulations, goals and intervention plans
- Deliver short-term therapeutic interventions, using physical activity as a therapy
- Provide short-term enabling support and connect individuals to physical activity, community and wellbeing opportunities
- Work with multidisciplinary teams, primary care, social care and community partners to coordinate care and safe transitions
- Give specialist advice on complex needs, reasonable adjustments and accessibility
- Guide Everyone Active on safe, inclusive participation
- Build relationships across leisure providers, ICBs, Active Partnerships and voluntary organisations
- Keep clinical records, monitor outcomes and contribute to service evaluation and quality improvement
- Promote the service through networking and community engagement, and support funding applications
- Support the upskilling of sports coaches on the therapeutic value of physical activity
What’s required
Qualifications
- Occupational Therapist degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of continuing CPD
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration
Experience
- At least 1 year as an Occupational Therapist
- Managing a complex caseload
- In-depth experience working with people with disabilities and long-term health conditions
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- Knowledge of health inequalities locally and nationally
- Ability to assess clinical situations effectively and use own initiative
- Ability to communicate with varied stakeholders, including participants, carers, statutory and voluntary services
- Ability to work autonomously and build relationships with commissioners
Other
- Alignment with the organisation's values
- Passion, enthusiasm and innovation
- Ability to travel to multiple locations as required
- Dynamic and brave outlook
Nice to have
- RCOT membership
- Experience working in an assessment-led service
- Focus on early intervention and prevention
- Understanding of navigation, connection and enablement
- Experience working across health, social, leisure and voluntary sectors
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
