Occupational Therapists Home First Neighbourhood Team (Adult Social Care)

About Us

At Oxfordshire County Council, you do not just work for us… you learn, grow, and thrive with us.

Whatever your career aspirations are in adult social care, we are here to support and empower you to lead your growth from the front.

Combined with a passion to do adult social care differently, our vision empowers you to play a lead role in helping people stay fit, healthy and independent in their communities for as long as possible and to deliver a genuine tailor-made approach to care.

We support this by providing:

• Autonomy to do your role with an approach that supports The Oxfordshire Way.
• Job swap opportunities to explore different areas of adult social care.
• Stable leadership support and mentorship, with regular group and 1:1 supervision.
• Continuous opportunities to develop through the organisation.

Because we know that when you thrive, the people you work with thrive.

We are an agile team with offices linked to each of our four teams across the county of Oxfordshire. We have vacancies across our four Home First Neighbourhood Teams

These teams have office bases in City, North, West/Vale, and South Oxfordshire

A combination of remote, face to face and office-based working is expected depending on the needs of the people supported. Any applicants will be able to highlight their desired location during the recruitment process.

About the Role

Our Home First Neighbourhood Teams support the residents of Oxfordshire in having their needs assessed and met in their own homes, rather than at a hospital bed side.

Home First D2A, encourages creative thinking, ideas, and innovations to support the development of the service from all our employees.

As part of our team, you will:

• Work closely with our reablement providers and the voluntary sector you will support and guide people to regain independence in their own home using a strength-based approach to goal[HC1] planning during short term intermediate care provision. This intervention will be provided following discharge from hospital or to help prevent admission to hospital.
• Draw upon your skills and knowledge in activity analysis, assistive technology, aids, and minor adaptations to support the reduction in formal care wherever possible. Moving and Handling skills will also be required.

Our Values

Our organisational values underpin everything we do and say and are supported by policies, processes, and guidance. In short, our values describe ‘the way we do things here’ so that we deliver great services for our residents. Our values are:

• Always learning
• Be kind and care.
• Equality and integrity in all we do
• Taking responsibility
• Daring to do it differently.

Everyone that works for us demonstrates their commitment to these values. We will ask you to demonstrate your commitment to these values, and their associated behaviours, throughout the application process.

About you

You are…

• Always learning as a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration and natural entrepreneurial qualities.
• Driven to do things differently to find creative solutions that problem solves with the person, rather than for the person.
• Willing to take responsibility, you are a self-leader with the ambition to lead your community in different areas of adult social care.
• Kind and caring, with an understanding of and respect for individuals’ qualities, abilities, and diverse backgrounds.
• Advocating for equality and integrity in all you do, and with your strong communication skills you work collaboratively to achieve the best outcome.
• Passionate about following the professional standards[HC1] of RCOT.

Rewards and Benefits

Learn more about how you learn, grow, and thrive with us…

• Up to 33 day’s holiday p.a. plus bank holidays - Option to ‘buy’ additional days.
• Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
• Relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 to cover reimbursement of expenses for newly appointed employees (conditions apply in line with Council Policy)
• Regular weekly and monthly formal and informal support and supervision
• Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
• Extensive Continuous Professional Development opportunities, career progression scheme including the opportunity to train as a PEP BIA or AMHP
• Learn more here: Our benefits | Jobs (oxfordshire.gov.uk)