Reablement Occupational Therapist – Enfield
Pay: £35.38 per hour | Hours: 35 per week | Location: Enfield
About the Role
Eden Brown Synergy are seeking an experienced Reablement Occupational Therapist to join Adult Social Services in Enfield. You will provide a high-quality, person-centred occupational therapy service, supporting adults to regain, develop, or maintain independence in daily living following illness, injury, deterioration, or hospital discharge.
Your role will include conducting strengths-based assessments, developing outcome-focused reablement plans, recommending equipment and adaptations, providing moving and handling advice, and working collaboratively with individuals, carers, and partner agencies to achieve safe and sustainable outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives while working in a supportive and professional environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake occupational therapy assessments in homes, community settings, or other environments.
- Develop and review person-centred, strengths-based reablement plans.
- Support adults to regain skills in daily living: personal care, transfers, mobility, meal prep, domestic tasks, and community access.
- Apply clinical reasoning to assess functional ability, environmental barriers, and occupational performance.
- Recommend, prescribe and arrange minor equipment, assistive technology, and adaptations.
- Identify needs for major adaptations or longer-term support and make timely referrals.
- Provide specialist advice on moving and handling, risk reduction, and equipment use.
- Work collaboratively with reablement staff, social workers, health professionals, and voluntary organisations.
- Contribute to timely hospital discharge, admission avoidance, and prevention of escalation in need.
- Monitor progress, review outcomes, and adjust interventions as required.
- Complete Care Act assessments and contribute to ongoing care planning.
- Maintain accurate case records, assessments and professional documentation.
- Apply safeguarding principles and undertake mental capacity/best interests work as appropriate.
- Promote dignity, equality, inclusion and anti‑discriminatory practice.
- Provide informal training and professional support to reablement staff.
- Prioritise and manage a varied caseload, including urgent and complex cases.
- Participate in supervision, professional development and service improvement activities.
- Work flexibly across the service, including lone working in community settings.
Requirements
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Enhanced DBS check (Eden Brown Synergy will process and pay).
- Experience in adult social care reablement and occupational therapy practice.
- Knowledge of Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, safeguarding and relevant legislation.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multi‑agency team.
- Strong communication, clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills.
Benefits of working with Eden Brown Synergy
- DBS check processed and paid for by Eden Brown Synergy.
- Referral bonus if you refer a colleague or friend (£300).
- Bonus for finding your own job.
- Twice-weekly payroll.
- Dedicated recruitment consultant to support you throughout your job search and employment.
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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