Senior Occupational Therapist – Adults Social Care, Reablement and Front Door

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join its client integrated Adult Social Care service team in Is

This is a high-level leadership role within a forward-thinking borough, working across key services such as Reablement, Community OT, Discharge, and Front Door (Integrated Urgent Response).

You’ll play a key role in reducing waiting lists, supporting the adaptations pathway (DFG), and providing clinical leadership across the OT service.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to Occupational Therapists and wider MDT staff
• Screen, prioritise, and allocate incoming referrals
• Manage a small caseload of complex cases
• Authorise equipment and major adaptations (DFG)
• Support delivery of statutory duties under:
  • Care Act
  • Mental Capacity Act
• Contribute to service development, audits, and continuous improvement
• Work across:
  • Reablement services
  • Front Door / Integrated Urgent Response
  • Hospital Discharge pathways
  • Community OT services
• Promote strengths-based, person-centred practice
• Work collaboratively with NHS, housing, and community partners

Benefits:

• Excellent rate of £37.46 p/h
• Senior leadership role with real service impact
• Work across multiple service areas (varied & engaging)
• Highly integrated and forward-thinking borough
• Strong MDT and leadership exposure

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Strong experience within Adults Social Care
• Proven experience as a Senior OT or in a leadership capacity
• Experience with:
  • DFG / Major adaptations
  • Complex case management
  • Supervision and team support

Desirable:

• Experience within integrated health & social care services
• Background in Front Door / Urgent Response / Discharge
• Experience across both adults and children's cases

Working Environment:

• Hybrid model:
  • 2 days remote
  • 3 days office / service-based
• Integrated, multi-agency working environment
• Opportunity to influence service development and delivery

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.