Children's Occupational Therapist

Liquid Personnel is recruiting for an experienced Children's Occupational Therapist to join a specialist Local Authority service in Manchester.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Children's OT with experience of complex equipment, adaptations and moving and handling, supporting children with physical and hidden disabilities to maximise independence, safety and participation at home.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Carry out comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments for children across Manchester with complex physical and hidden disabilities

• Complete detailed home assessments to identify functional needs, environmental risks and barriers to independence

• Assess and recommend complex and bespoke specialist equipment to meet individual needs

• Complete minor and major adaptation assessments, making recommendations to enable children to remain safe and participate within their homes

• Undertake complex moving and handling risk assessments, providing advice and practical training to parents and carers

• Assess and prescribe specialist seating for children aged 0–18 with complex postural and positioning needs

• Complete complex safety assessments and recommend solutions including safe spaces, fencing, padded rooms, locks and specialist beds

• Assess for major adaptations including through-floor lifts, additional toilets, specialist baths, showers and bathing equipment

• Work collaboratively with children, parents, carers and wider health and social care professionals to develop person-centred solutions

• Provide clear professional recommendations and ensure equipment and adaptations appropriately meet assessed needs

• Manage a complex caseload effectively while maintaining accurate and timely clinical records

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Eligible to work in the UK

• Hold a full UK driving licence

• Post-qualified experience

• HCPC-registered

• Occupational Therapy Degree/Diploma

• Children's OT / Specialist Equipment & Adaptations

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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