Occupational Therapist in Hereford

Herefordshire Council’s Independent Living Service is recruiting qualified, HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our friendly team of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants. Working across the communities of Herefordshire, we are seeking motivated, committed individuals with a passion for enabling individuals to achieve independence in meaningful daily tasks and improve quality of life.

About The Role

• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Plough Lane (Hereford)
• Hours: Full-time (37 hours)
• Salary: £36,363 - £40,777
• Closing date: Monday 9th Feb 2026

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist to join our team. In collaboration with social care, health, housing professionals and outside agencies, Herefordshire Council Occupational Therapists work with adults of any age and medical condition. Maintaining professional standards and compliance with applied legislation, the postholder will use core professional skills to undertake statutory, strengths-based needs assessments, identify risks, barriers to independence and employ prevention strategies to create meaningful, personalised programmes to assist individuals with qualified access to available services and support.

What will you be doing?

Independent Living Service Occupational Therapists work in partnership with adults, their families and caregivers when illness or medical conditions restrict a person’s ability to participate in ordinary daily activities. Through observation, therapeutic and direct engagement, the post-holder will undertake Occupational Therapy functional, social and environmental needs assessments. They will identify risks and barriers to independence, establish a person’s strengths, motivations and independent capabilities and create meaningful, personalised programmes to qualify access to available services and support.

You will work autonomously in either fixed, field or flexible roles using a holistic, person-centred approach to promote meaningful occupations to help people live well at home, provide individuals with opportunities, choice and control over the management of their day-to-day activities, health and wellbeing. In adult Social Care, Occupational Therapy prevention is centred around enablement: focusing on early intervention to reduce, delay or prevent escalation of health, care and support needs. You will work in a person’s own home and local environment providing bespoke interventions, information and advice and facilitate the provision of aids to daily living, adaptations, dignity with moving & handling, specialist community equipment and technology enabled living.

About You

As a registered Occupational Therapist you will work as part of a wider team with scope to practice with a diverse service user group, within a variety of rural, town, village and city settings. You will be required to maintain a varied caseload, undertake statutory assessments, deliver and evaluate a range of supportive Occupational Therapy intervention solutions and support the supervision of junior staff. You will need strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be committed to ongoing professional, service and personal development, contributing to team building and continuous service improvement.

We Offer

• A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
• Salary range of £36,363 - £40,777
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum during the request period
• Flexible working: including the potential for job-sharing, part-time hours and agile working
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees (based on role requirements)
• Pick your perks - our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

Why Choose Us?

You will probably have heard a lot about how beautiful it is in terms of countryside and open spaces (and it is!) but there is so much more going on here, including world-class cultural assets like the Mappa Mundi, vibrant theatres and a thriving food and drink sector. One of Herefordshire’s biggest assets is the strong and diverse communities. Our Talk Community approach brings that together supporting people to help themselves, encouraging them to help their communities and identifying how communities can help individuals.

Our ambitious transformation programme aims to further build on this to offer an all-age approach. We’re excited about the potential of what we can achieve for the benefit of all residents of Herefordshire, stronger together and building brighter futures.

Don’t meet all parts of the job description?

Herefordshire Council is committed to strengthening a diverse and inclusive work environment which reflects the communities of Herefordshire. If you are looking at the next stage of your career and have a broad base of fieldwork experience, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional, management and supervisory skills.

Reasonable Adjustments

Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk.

Creating an inclusive workplace

We encourage our employees to feel empowered and to use their voices to help embrace diversity, promote inclusivity and shape our organisation. We have eight employee network groups, which offer support and community and play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council.

Commitments, Covenants and Statutory Obligations

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme.
• Those who indicate in their application that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Those who indicate in their application that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.

We take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

How To Apply

To apply for a position, please upload an up-to-date CV and complete the application form demonstrating your experience, skills and abilities for the role. For more information or to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact: (hiring manager name, role, contact details). Be sure to include reference to the job description and person specification or role profile! If you are successfully shortlisted, Hoople Resourcing will contact you via email to arrange your interview and/or assessment. They will confirm the date, time and location of your interview, so please keep an eye on your email inbox - check your spam/ junk folder too. Good luck, we’re looking forward to meeting you!