Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC who thrives on supporting adults to live independently and/or to regain strength after illness or injury?
Do you enjoy working in the community, building meaningful relationships, and making a real difference?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for a passionate, person-centred Occupational Therapist to join our Erewash Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team (START). This is a permanent, full-time opportunity based in Erewash, offering a varied and rewarding caseload.
About the Team
Erewash START provides a multi-disciplinary approach to assess, support, and enable adults to maximise their independence and identify any potential long-term care needs. We are committed to working in a person-centred and strengths-based way, recognising people’s assets and enabling them to reach their goals. While community-based, the team also supports individuals transitioning from residential and nursing establishments and facilitates safe and timely hospital discharges. We offer a hybrid working model, with staff working from home and the office depending on service needs.
About the Role
We want to hear from someone who can:
- Deliver strengths-based, holistic assessments to support adults, carers, and families.
- Support the review of goals and progress against these using feedback from the MDT
- Promote independence, choice, and wellbeing through creative problem-solving and personalised interventions.
- Work across a variety of areas including safeguarding, complex health and social care needs, moving and handling, learning disabilities, assistive technology, hospital liaison, and adaptations.
- Assess for and provide equipment and minor adaptations as part of a full assessment
- Complete risk assessments and risk enablement plans to support people to remain as independent as they can safely be.
- Assess and determine suitability for single-handed care approaches
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and contribute to inter-agency working across health and social care.
- Assess and make recommendations for the provision of major adaptations which will be referred to the OT co-coordinator.
- Offer expert advice and support to the multidisciplinary team
- Refer and signpost to other services as appropriate.
- Be part of a forward-thinking team that’s shaping the future of reablement in Derbyshire
Who We are Looking For
The ideal person will be:
- HCPC registered (or have applied for registration).
- Flexible, approachable, and an excellent communicator.
- Experienced or have excellent knowledge of:
- Person-centered, strengths-based practice
- Assessing daily living activities and occupational performance
- Working with physical, learning disabilities and/or mental health conditions
- Equipment and adaptation solutions.
- Reablement approaches
- Safeguarding principles and statutory legislation in adult social care.
- Confident managing and prioritising your caseload.
A reflective practitioner committed to supervision and professional development.
Passionate about sharing knowledge and supporting others to learn and grow.
What We Offer
- A supportive and welcoming team with a nurturing ethos.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Regular supervision, peer support, and communities of practice.
- Opportunities for career progression to senior and management roles.
- Ongoing training and development.
- Strong working relationships with health-based OTs.
- Generous annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
- Excellent occupational pension scheme.
- Employee wellbeing strategy, benefits, and discounts.
- HCPC registration fees reimbursed.
- Mileage allowance.
If you’re ready to make a difference and grow your career in a supportive, values-driven team, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now or contact us for an informal chat
Provisional interview date – 22 September 2025
