Social Care Practitioner (OT) - North Team

You will make a real difference to vulnerable adults in our community by assisting them in their time of need providing support and promoting their independence. 
 

What will you be doing?

• As a key contact for cases, you will be required to visit service users and their families/carers and undertake an assessment of need.
• You will be assessing for the provision of equipment to support individuals and help prevent, reduce and or delay care and maximise independence under the Care Act 2014
• You will be assessing the need and outlining the specification for adaptations to homes within the eligibility of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
• In the role, you’ll refer issues if needed in accordance with Safeguarding procedures to protect vulnerable people. This will require you to maintain confidential reports to profession and Council guidelines. 
• You’ll be communicating, providing advice and guidance to service users and providers  
• Daily you’ll be liaising and working with Occupational Therapist, Social Workers, Senior practitioners and external contacts.  

• It is essential that you have experience in a relevant area of statuary or voluntary sector work in health and social care.
  
  
• You must have a relevant qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in health or social care field 
  
  
• We require you to have excellent interpersonal skills.
  
  
• You will be able to gather information from a variety of sources and follow assessment process. 
  
  
• Ideally, you can demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice; processes and procedures; support mechanisms and specialist equipment.
  

Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post 

• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work. 
  
  
• What’s special here is the strength of the team ethos. We are a relatively small local authority, so managers know staff well. They can plan their services to ensure teams have manageable caseloads and have effective supervision so feel supported to make decisions which are right for the children and young people they work with.
  
  
• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities 

• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.   

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of     people who live, work and learn here.   

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of  
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life  
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.  

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.  

We’re making a difference, be part of it!  

This is a limited term contract over Summer 2024 (July - September 2024)


For further information, please contact Nahid Tanveer, Team Manager ([email protected])