Senior Occupational Therapist - Mental Health

The starting salary for this role is £42,591 per annum for working 36 hours per week. Both full-time and part-time applications would be considered.

At Surrey, we are proud to be leading the way in implementing new ways of working in personalisation and a recovery-focused strength-based approach.

Our goal is for our service-users to be able to be more in control of their care, making informed choices and being active citizens in their community.

The Mental Health Service within the Adult Social Care directorate at Surrey County Council currently have one Senior Occupational Therapist vacancy in a newly created team, based at Quadrant Court, 35 Guildford Road, Woking, GU22 7QQ.

The post holder will cover the North West area of Surrey.

We can offer you:

• Induction, mentoring and support from experienced colleagues
• Training to support in your continuing professional development, e.g. senior readiness
• Work/life balance: flexible working is supported where possible, including working from home or hot desking at several County Council sites
• 26 days annual leave (28 after 2 years' service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Relocation assistance of up to £8,000, subject to meeting eligibility criteria
• Refer a friend scheme: earn up to £1000
• A generous local government salary-related pension
• 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP)
• Option to join our car lease scheme and many more discounted life-style benefits, please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff for more information

In your application, we would love to hear about your;

• Substantial post qualification experience of working within a social care and/or mental health setting, including routine experience of complex casework and risk assessment
• Knowledge of social care and mental health policy and legislation is essential, as is a background in working directly with people with variable, unstable or challenging social care and mental health needs
• Proven and excellent supervisory experience and skills
• An ability to undertake moving and handling risk assessments, major adaptations assessments and more specialist cognitive/mental health assessments
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, with the flexibility to work across the County of Surrey.

About the Team

Surrey County Council is determined to transform the way it works. As such, a new team has been created in Mental Health. This role is in the Enabling Independence team which will support a new and innovative pathway within the Surrey enablement service. This new initiative is to allow enablement/reablement to be inclusive to more residents at the GP level.

Our Service supports people in their recovery, working with them to maximise their choices and independence in line with our commitment to the personalisation agenda.

About the Role

The role will require you to assess and manage the impact of people's physical and mental health conditions on their occupational performance. You will put into practice the legislation underpinning, and your professional experience of, mental capacity assessments and best interest decisions, specialist mental health assessments, moving and handling risk assessments and intervention, equipment provision, major adaptations and rehabilitation with the aim of supporting and empowering people to live meaningful lives within the community.

You may also be required to undertake safeguarding work for those under your care. You'll utilise a range of skills to lead frontline holistic assessments of occupational therapy needs and planning support across a dedicated caseload of adults.

The closing date for this role is 30/06/2023, although applications will be reviewed, and appointments made, on an on-going basis.

An Enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.