The Occupational Therapist will work within ASC remit and is responsible for ensuring that the OT practice standards remain high and that services are delivered appropriately to adults, including those with complex needs and those where statutory interventions are required.

You will:

•Ensure that the standards of service are highest possible and within available resources to promote independence, dignity, choice, self-esteem and wellbeing of residents.

•Ensuring that residents and carers needs are identified and appropriate support arrangements are made to a consistently high professional standard, within available resources, always promoting strength and the asset based approach and enabling independence, this may include were appropriate reviewing of Packages of Care, assisting with safe guarding and understanding your role with capacity assessment and liberty protection safe guards.

•To have an awareness and understanding of Continuing Health Care check list domains, ensuring any residents who could meet the standards are assessed for.

•Manage the day-to-day, on-going delivery and development of the service within remit ensuring delivery of a service that is responsive, high quality, value for money and meets contractual obligations.

•To assist in development of the Occupational Therapy teams, management and evaluation of evidence based Occupational Therapy to residents in a variety of community settings.

• To be responsible for your performance of the team, and support individuals within it.

•To support the OT team & OT manager in delivering high quality care that delivers best value and meets the requirements of commissioners.

•To provide advice and consultation on Trusted Assessor/Functional Observational skill activities carried out by other staff in the Adult Social Care Department.

•To be able to prescribe and demonstrate use of complex moving and handling equipment, including but not limited to several types of hoists, sliding sheets and slings.

•To understand smarter care provision, enabling residents to be as independent as possible.

•To have a practical understanding of specialist seating provision and adjustments.

•To be able to prescribe and complete drawings for highly specialist home modification.