Job Description

Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Adult Social Care
Location: Somerset
Pay Rate: £39.98 per hour

Liquid Personnel is seeking a dedicated Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our client's Adult Social Care team in Somerset. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives by supporting them in their own homes and helping them achieve independence.

You will be part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team, working closely with health professionals, social care services, and voluntary agencies.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Relevant multi-disciplinary Social Care experience within a team environment
• Evidence of partnership working with agencies such as Social Care, Health Services, Voluntary Agencies, or Education
• Knowledge of Social Care practice aligned with HCPC Guidelines, legislation, and client needs
• Strong IT skills for effective data input, manipulation, and retrieval

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• HCPC Registration
• Willingness to pursue further qualifications

Desirable

• Experience working with health professionals
• Varied experience with client groups
• Supervisory experience
• Previous collaboration with health professionals

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Empathy, sensitivity, and self-awareness
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage competing deadlines
• Resilience and self-reliance in challenging situations
• Adaptability to organisational change
• Access to/use of a vehicle

Benefit:

• Competitive hourly rate of £39.98
• Opportunity to work in a community-focused role making a direct impact
• Supportive team environment with scope for professional growth
• Referral Bonus: Recommend a qualified candidate and receive a referral bonus when they are successfully placed!

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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