Children’s Community Occupational Therapist

Job Introduction

• Are you passionate in making a difference to children’s lives?
• Do you want a better work life balance, with flexible hours and agile working?
• Are you looking for a friendly, supportive team in which you can thrive?
• Do you enjoy finding creative solutions to problems?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in our small, friendly team for an Occupational Therapist within the Children’s Disability Service.

This opportunity will allow you  the chance to work flexibly, with no weekend working expected and options of home working. 

We offer a choice of several bases and touch down centres to utilise whilst travelling around Staffordshire’s beautiful towns and countryside.  

Within the Staffordshire children’s service, providing our staff with the support they need to develop and progress is our utmost priority.  You will be provided with regular, high quality 1:1 supervision, monthly CPD and peer sessions along with additional training to equip them with the tools to do their job both confidently and competently. 

You will will also undertake a thorough induction including joint casework to support expanding their knowledge and skills and encourage their confidence.

You will based in Burton on Trent or Cannock ( to be discussed at interview)

Main Responsibilities

As an Occupational Therapist, you will be:

• Undertaking assessments and reviews in home environment
• Advice, guidance and signposting to other services
• Recommendation and provision of standard and bespoke equipment
• Manual Handling assessment and risk assessments
• Minor adaptations and fixed equipment
• Major adaptations funded via disabled facilities grant (DFG)
• Supporting the social work teams in safeguarding children.
• Working alongside our partner organisations, the NHS, Local authorities, and Schools 

The Ideal Candidate

You will have:

• a Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council
• experience working with children or working on the community or working in social care setting

You will be:

• Excellent communicator, with the ability to engage children, families and professionals
• Committed to ensuring the children on your caseload receive a high-quality service
• Passionate about providing the best outcomes for disabled children and their families
• Highly motivated, works well on their own initiative as well as within a team
• Enjoys learning and developing skills and knowledge
• Can think outside the box for creative solutions

Interviews to be held in the afternoon 9th December or 10th December 

If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Name, Rachel Barlow Job Title Occupational Therapy Manager at: Rachel.Barlow@staffordshire.gov.uk 

“We’re happy to talk flexible working” 

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. 

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.