We are hiring two new Senior Occupational Therapists to join our fantastic Reablement team. We have the following vacancies:
Vacancies
- 1 x vacancy within the East of the County, supporting my East 1 & East 2 Reablement Teams, which cover Reigate, Tandridge, Banstead, Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, and Elmbridge.
- 1 x vacancy within the West of the County, supporting my West 1 & West 2 Reablement Teams, which cover Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking, Guildford, Waverley and Surrey Heath.
This is a fantastic role for someone who is passionate about shaping and delivering the Reablement strategic vision to empower people to regain independence, shaping high quality therapeutic practice, and leading talented, multidisciplinary teams. You’ll play a key part in driving innovation, strengthening partnerships, and ensuring our service continues to deliver excellent outcomes for the communities we support.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Occupational Therapist you will play a critical role in Reablement by leading on triage, including assessing referral information, identifying risks and priorities, determining suitability for reablement, and identifying early OT involvement, equipment or technology needs. You will work closely with Reablement staff, health partners and other social care teams and attend multi‑disciplinary team and Transfer of Care Hub (TOCH) meetings with health and social care staff. You will undertake and oversee complex, strength‑based occupational therapy assessments, completing risk assessments and ensuring proportionate, person‑centred interventions in line with legislation and best practice. You will need to work flexibly across the East or West Teams within their geographical areas, providing senior professional advice and oversight to Reablement colleagues across the area, including OTs, Reablement Practitioners, Team Leaders, Reablement Team Managers and providing formal supervision to non‑qualified colleagues or less‑experienced Occupational Therapists. You will contribute to embedding a therapy‑led, integrated Reablement offer, ensuring safe, person‑centred practice in line with CQC standards and supporting the training and up‑skilling of Reablement staff. The role combines autonomous clinical practice with leadership, service development, and cross‑team collaboration.
Qualifications
- Qualified and registered Occupational Therapist, with HCPC registration, eligibility for Enhanced DBS, and significant post‑registration experience (typically 3+ years) working in social care or community multi‑agency settings.
- Proven supervisory experience, including at least one year supervising multiple staff, providing effective reflective supervision to less‑experienced Occupational Therapists and/or non‑professionally qualified staff.
- Strong clinical knowledge and judgement, with extensive understanding of physical health conditions, long‑term disability and their impact on individuals, carers and families, alongside good knowledge of mental health conditions, learning disabilities and autism.
- Experience working in pressured, complex environments, including duty and/or triage functions, demonstrating resilience, sound decision‑making, effective communication with health colleagues, and confidence in appropriate professional and clinical challenge.
- Service and organisational awareness, including understanding of CQC requirements, willingness to contribute to internal Reablement training and service development, and the ability to build effective professional relationships within a hybrid working environment.
Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality‑based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area.
Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long‑term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job. Additionally, in this role you may be required to attend meetings outside usual working hours, to meet the needs of the people we support.
Benefits
- Starting salary of £47,884 per annum, based on a 36‑hour working week.
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Up to 5 days of carer’s leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
- An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
- A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents
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