Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist

Salary range: £48,003 - £51,138 p.a. incl. London weighting

• A £5000 ‘golden hello’ for OTs new to Brent, upon completion of their probationary period.
• An annual retention payment of £3000 for eligible frontline workers and managers from Grade PO2 – PO7
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours of work: 36 hours per week
• Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

Are you looking for the next step in you Occupational Therapist career?   Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.   The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.   The Post

We are seeking an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist to join Brent’s Reablement Team—an integrated service that combines fast-paced responses to Home First discharges with the delivery of reablement and social care services through a short-term intervention model. The team’s ethos centres on promoting and enabling independence, and we maintain strong working relationships with our partners and colleagues in the hubs and intermediate care services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist with a background in working with adults with physical disabilities and older people. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the team by providing specialist advice, guidance, and supervision to non-qualified staff (OT Assistants). In addition, the practitioner will have the opportunity to work directly with Brent residents in their homes, carrying out OT assessments and delivering reablement interventions.

Brent Adult Social Care is committed to an organisational culture that invests and empowers its staff to take ownership and accountability to enable staff to provide excellent services to residents to help keep them safe in the community. Person centred services are aimed at maximising independence through building resilience and empowerment to enable people to manage their care and be independent.

The Person

The ideal candidate will hold a relevant professional qualification, such as a Degree or Diploma from the College of Occupational Therapists (or equivalent), and must be currently registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Evidence of recent and relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is also required.

We are looking for a Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist with excellent communication skills and experience working in a social care or community-focused multidisciplinary setting. You should have a strong understanding of moving and handling equipment, and be confident in recommending both minor and major adaptations.

You will be passionate about supporting vulnerable adults and committed to delivering high-quality services. Strong skills in multitasking, prioritisation, caseload management, and time management are essential.

This role offers the opportunity to work as part of a multi-skilled team, including Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Care Assessors.

The successful candidates will ideally have post graduate experience in Social Care and/or Intermediate Care, have experience of supervising staff and or students in the work place and of working with Home Care providers and/or Reablement providers.

Our Offer to You

In addition to your salary, you will also get to enjoy the following benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years continuous service
• Very generous employer pension contribution
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (laptop provided)
• A wide range of family friendly policies such as parental leave
• Access to affordable parking nearby
• Access to our Zipcar scheme 
• Access to our Employee Assistance programme for free confidential counselling
• Season ticket loan for public transport
• Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities
• Access to My Brent Rewards for big brand discounts, local offers and money off for travel, cinema and shopping vouchers.

Closing Date: 13 October 2025 (23:00)
  Additional Information 

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
  The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.
  Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.   As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@brent.gov.uk    Job Description