Occupational Therapist

If you are an innovative, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Occupational Therapist (or Occupational Therapy Students nearing the end of your course) please keep on reading as we may have the perfect job for you!

We are currently recruiting to posts County Wide and have the following teams available:

• Occupational Therapist – County Hall & Melton (X2, 37 Hours Per Week, Permanent)
• Occupational Therapist – Blaby, Oadby, Wigston & Harborough (30 Hours Per Week, Permanent)
• Occupational Therapist – Blaby, Oadby, Wigston & Harborough (17 Hours Per Week, Permanent)
• Occupational Therapist – LightBulb – County Wide (30 Hours Per Week, Permanent)

Dependent on skills, abilities and relevant experience, we are recruiting to:

• Level 1 Occupational Therapist: £31,074 to £33,294
• Level 2 Occupational Therapist: £34,350 to £37,950
• Level 3 Occupational Therapist: £38,700 to £41,373

About the Roles

We have a strong team of Occupational Therapists and Community Support Workers who are passionate about supporting both adults and children with disabilities and long-term needs.

• Our Reablement Teams use a strength-based approach to help individuals to live the lives they want. Interventions could include providing information and advice, reablement approaches such as practice of task or alternative techniques, provision of equipment, and arranging major/minor adaptations. We aim to achieve the best outcomes for children and adults across Leicestershire, taking a strengths-based approach and embracing change and new opportunities.
• Within the reablement team of Blaby, Oadby, Wigston and Harborough we also provide assessments for people within the local prisons. Interventions are based on a compensatory approach, supporting individuals to manage their functional difficulties within the confines of the prison environment.
• The Lightbulb OT team are responsible for complex major adaptations, and design innovative schemes which give people access to essential facilities in their home. They work closely with housing officers within the Lightbulb service to progress schemes from design to completion. We are a county wide service.
• The OT’s working in the Single-Handed Care team focus on involving individuals in the physical care they receive to support them to remain at home. This will include looking at techniques or equipment that can reduce carers involvement with the aim to maintaining the individual’s functional ability and improve their experience of receiving care.

What we offer:

• A varied in-house training programme.
• Participation in OT student education.
• Great team and managerial support.
• A varied caseload.
• Regular supervision, on-going support and CPD opportunities.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

To find out more about our OT Teams and hear from one of our Team Managers, Vikki Turner, please click here.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Hold a degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or expect to have completed your course and obtained registration in 2025.
• Have knowledge of occupational therapy methodologies, social care policies such as reablement and asset based social care, and relevant legislation including The Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children’s Act and Disabled Facilities Grant.
• Have experience of effective assessment and risk management delivery, and multi-agency/multidisciplinary working and/or hospital discharge processes.
• Have experience of partnership working with citizens to identify and meet need with creative and pragmatic solutions.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertive and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships.
• Be able to work proactively individually but also as a team member.
• Have good prioritisation and time management skills.

We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

You will require access to a car to undertake the role. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for those who fall under the Equality Act.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Chelbie Shepherd, Resourcing Co-ordinator

Telephone: 0116 305 5973

Email: [email protected]