Occupational Therapist – Adult Social Care

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapist to join its client’s Haverhill Area Integrated Team within Adult Social Care. This is a full-time agency role offering £35 per hour and an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive community-based service, helping adults maintain their independence and improve their quality of life.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will manage a varied Adult Social Care caseload, carrying out functional assessments, recommending equipment and adaptations, supporting reablement interventions, and working closely with health and social care partners to deliver positive outcomes for residents across the local community.

The role offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement, with an expectation of approximately 2 days per week in the office and the remainder based remotely or within the community.

What will your responsibilities be?

Managing a diverse and increasingly complex Adult Social Care Occupational Therapy caseload

Completing strengths-based and person-centred assessments with adults and carers

Conducting functional assessments to promote independence and wellbeing

Responding to urgent moving and handling referrals

Developing, implementing, and reviewing reablement plans

Setting goals and outcomes collaboratively with service users and carers

Recommending equipment, adaptations, and alternative techniques to support daily living

Completing assessments for major and minor adaptations

Assessing Community Equipment Service (CES) requirements

Liaising with housing providers and home improvement agencies

Identifying specialist equipment needs and ensuring best-value solutions

Working closely with health professionals, voluntary organisations, and partner agencies

Maintaining accurate records, reports, and recommendations

Applying Care Act legislation and Adult Social Care best practice

Providing professional Occupational Therapy advice and guidance to colleagues where required

Benefits of the role

£35.00 per hour umbrella rate

Flexible hybrid working arrangement

Full-time 37-hour working week

Opportunity for contract extensions

Diverse and rewarding community-based caseload

Supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary team environment

Opportunity to make a real difference to people’s independence and wellbeing

Qualifications and Experience Required

To be successful in this role, you must have

HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist

Experience working within Adult Social Care or community Occupational Therapy settings

Strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and problem-solving skills

Experience completing moving and handling assessments

Knowledge of specialist equipment and adaptation processes

Ability to manage an autonomous caseload effectively

Excellent communication and partnership-working skills

Good understanding of Care Act duties and Adult Social Care legislation

Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (essential)

Why Liquid Personnel?

Free DBS and compliance service

Access to exclusive roles not available elsewhere

Your own dedicated consultant

Access to training and continuing professional development

Referral bonus scheme*

Fast and reliable payroll

Interested?

Apply today to be considered for this exciting opportunity, or contact us for more information.

Know someone who would be a great fit? Refer a colleague and receive a referral bonus for successful placements.

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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