Occupational Therapist – Neighbourhood

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapist to join Manchester’s Integrated Neighbourhood Teams. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside social workers, social care assessors, and healthcare professionals to support residents in maintaining independence, improving wellbeing, and achieving positive outcomes within their communities.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Undertaking functional assessments to identify individuals' strengths, needs, and support requirements.

• Completing moving and handling assessments and recommending appropriate equipment, adaptations, and interventions.

• Providing professional Occupational Therapy advice and guidance to service users, families, carers, and colleagues.

• Supporting safeguarding processes and identifying risks that may impact health, wellbeing, and independence.

• Promoting prevention, reablement, and rehabilitation approaches to maximise independence.

• Supporting residents to remain safely within their own homes and reduce reliance on long-term care services.

• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support safe discharges where appropriate.

• Developing person-centred support plans that enable individuals to achieve their goals and improve quality of life.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy.

• Current HCPC registration.

• Experience working as an Occupational Therapist within a community or adult social care setting.

• Strong skills in assessment, moving and handling, and equipment provision.

• Knowledge of safeguarding, reablement, rehabilitation, and independent living support.

• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary environment.

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

What's on offer?

• Pay Rate: £35 per hour

• Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

• Working Pattern: Hybrid working with some office attendance required

• Location: South and Central Manchester

• Ongoing professional support and development opportunities

• Regular clinical supervision from an Occupational Therapist

• Peer support from experienced Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists within a friendly and supportive team

Why join this service?

You will be part of an innovative and collaborative service focused on helping local people live safely and independently within their communities. The team provides a supportive environment with access to professional supervision, shared learning opportunities, and strong multidisciplinary working relationships.

Referral Bonus

Know an Occupational Therapist who may be interested? Refer them to Liquid Personnel and earn a referral bonus.

Interested?

If you are an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for your next locum opportunity in Manchester, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.

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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