Occupational Therapist – Therapy Services

Rutland County Council

Rutland County Council is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join our Adults and Health Directorate. If you enjoy practical, person-centred work that helps people live safely and independently at home, we’d love to hear from you.

About you…

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Understanding of safeguarding principles and the Care Act 2014.
• Ability to travel across Rutland to attend visits.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid pattern, including being office-based for a minimum of 2 days per week for full-time staff (often used to focus on visits for efficient working).
• Able to attend mandatory meetings and training at the Oakham site.
• Able to identify and prioritise urgent work, responding appropriately to reduce immediate risks to clients.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and a willingness to try new ways of working—we can support you to build the role-specific skills; the most important factor is having the right aptitude.
• Able to progress cases in a timely and proportionate way, depending on complexity.

About the role…

• You’ll work within our Adult Social Care team, supporting people with minor and major adaptations, equipment provision, and moving and handling assessments.
• Using a strengths-based approach, you’ll complete holistic assessments and work with individuals to agree plans that meet assessed needs and improve outcomes.
• You’ll supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants, providing support and guidance, and offer profession-specific input to Social Work colleagues.
• When required, you’ll support the triage of new referrals via our therapy duty provision.
• Our work is predominantly adults-based (around 95%), with some children’s adaptations; if children’s adaptations are new to you, we will support you to build the required confidence and skills.
• You’ll contribute to our falls prevention work with care homes across Rutland.
• We offer hybrid working, balancing office, home working and visits to support effective ways of working.
• We provide a 7-day service to support hospital discharges; you’ll be asked to work up to one Saturday in every four weeks.

Why Join us…

• You’ll join a friendly team of around 13 staff, including Occupational Therapists, a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapy Assistants, a Trusted Assessor and a Grants Administrator—supportive, approachable and committed to helping you succeed.
• We’re part of a small Adult Social Care service that works well across teams and is motivated to achieve positive outcomes for Rutland residents.
• Because of our size, we can act on improvements quickly. We welcome people who spot better ways of working and bring fresh ideas to service delivery.
• You’ll carry out assessments across the beautiful county of Rutland, with the variety of community work and travel that comes with it.
• We progress major adaptations in-house, with Occupational Therapists involved from start to finish—helping you develop DFG skills and see the outcome of your input. This is something our team report brings real job satisfaction!
• £3,000 market supplement (subject to contract conditions).
• Monthly CPD opportunities (a 50/50 mix of adult social care CPD and occupational therapy-specific CPD).
• Free on-site parking.
• A flexible working policy.
• Monthly supervision, including case reflection and My Conversation-style approaches.
• Clear boundaries between occupational therapy and social care roles.
• Guaranteed maximum caseload and therapist-led case allocation.

The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us.

The Occupational Therapist interviews will be held on 2 June 2026.

Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.

We will be reviewing applications on a regular basis and inviting those who meet our essential person specification criteria to interview. If you’re interested in this role, we strongly encourage you to apply without delay.

Our offer to you:

Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.

We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be and Rutland Council is the place you want to be. Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a great team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.

Whilst the base for this post is Oakham, Rutland, the Local Authority offers a hybrid working practice.  As well as working from home, we feel it is important that you have the opportunity to spend time in the workplace with your colleagues to help you learn, develop and engage.

Find out more:

To learn more about working with us visit https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk or if you have any queries about this role please contact Claire Hagger, Therapy Team Manager on chagger@rutland.gov.uk.

If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on 01572 758291 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk

How to apply:

Click on the apply button which will redirect you to the Jobs Go Public (JGP site) where we handle all our vacancies.  If you already have a JGP account you will be asked to login, or alternatively if you don’t have an account, you will be guided through the set up process.   Access to an account is necessary, as all updates regarding your application will be sent via the JGP site to the email you have used to register.

If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on 01572 758291 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk

Please be aware that in the event of a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date.

All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.

Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.