Job Description

Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Children & Young People
Location: Suffolk
Pay Rate: £41 per hour
Contract Type: Full-Time
Start Date: ASAP

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Children & Young People (DCYP) Services Team in Suffolk. This county-wide role focuses on maximising quality of life and independence for children and young people with complex disabilities, while supporting parents and carers in their caring roles.
You will provide high-quality occupational therapy assessments of need within the local authority’s statutory responsibility, working flexibly across the county. Office attendance is required for team meetings, but there is no expectation of being regularly based in the office.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Conduct home-based assessments for children and young people with complex disabilities
• Identify difficulties and explore solutions through advice, information, and intervention
• Provide specialist equipment and adaptations (minor and major) to enhance safety and independence
• Support parents and carers in their caring roles
• Liaise with professionals across health, education, housing, and community equipment services
• Maintain accurate records in line with statutory and professional standards

Benefits:

• Competitive hourly rate of £41.00
• Flexible office base options across Suffolk
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on children and young people’s independence and wellbeing
• Work within a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment
• Referral Bonus: Recommend a qualified candidate and receive a referral bonus when they are successfully placed!

Qualifications & Experience:

• HCPC Registration and full Occupational Therapy qualification
• Experience working with disabled children, ideally within a Social Care setting (desirable)
• Ability to work independently and autonomously, as well as part of a team
• Strong organisational skills to manage your own workload
• Excellent communication skills to liaise with families, children, young people, and professionals

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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