Occupational Therapist in Bebington

An exciting opportunity is available for an Occupational Therapist to work in our community Occupational Therapy service. You will work with people in their home environment, maximising their independence, and reducing the need for care support as appropriate and/or supporting carers in their role. This role supports people to achieve their daily living activities and enables access to community facilities for social and work activities.

The successful candidate will have experience of working in collaboration with people, completion of specialist assessments to identify solutions and experience of adaptations which support independence. You will develop your clinical skills, knowledge and experience in aids adaptations, long term condition management. As you will be working in a community role, learn how to apply social care legislation. You will receive formal support guidance and regular monthly supervision from your line manager or specialist experienced therapist, and informal support from therapy colleagues, to help develop your confidence, skills and abilities.

There are regular monthly team meetings, monthly CPD sessions, practical learning sessions, formal training, informal training from reps on demonstration of new or upgraded products, assessment of postural seating provision, to enhance your CPD portfolio. If you’re looking for a change in direction in your career, are starting your career journey and have chosen community as your desired work choice, then apply today – we want to hear from dynamic people who want to learn and develop their skills.

If you have any questions regarding the role please contact Maria Woodcock at mariawoodcock@wirral.gov.uk. This post requires a DBS check.

If your skills, knowledge or experience looks a little different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you – as subject to the skills, knowledge or experience levels within the candidate pool we may explore a traineeship for this role.

If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we’re passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience.

Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk. If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest’s employment and skills team on info@involvenorthwest.org.uk or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start: Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave. We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do.

You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people. We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities. Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier‑free and as accessible as possible, please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk.

Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies. It is Council policy not to re‑appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. Applications can only be accepted through the Jobs page following registration. Forms received via the post will not be processed. All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK. Details of required documents can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the Jobs page. The job description and other supporting documents will not be accessible once the vacancy closing date has passed so if a copy is required you should download it now. We do not accept applications or CV’s from recruitment agencies, unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.