About the role
Join our client at Redbridge’s dynamic HASS Cranbrook & Loxford team and deliver high‑quality Occupational Therapist (OT) practice within an integrated community health and adult social care service. You’ll work across the borough as part of a strong MDT, managing a mixed caseload of standard and complex Occupational Therapist referrals with around 4 new cases per week.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Complete holistic, person‑centred Occupational Therapist (OT) assessments for adults with diverse and complex needs.
- Lead on major adaptations, producing sketches, reading plans and writing detailed specifications.
- Carry out complex manual handling assessments and advise on safe systems of work.
- Prescribe, review and teach safe use of simple and complex equipment.
- Work collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary team, contributing to duty, case reviews and support planning.
- Manage and prioritise a varied caseload with autonomy and strong clinical reasoning.
- Apply a solid understanding of social care legislation, housing law and best‑practice frameworks.
Benefits
- Integrated community health and adult social care model.
- Regular supervision and professional support.
- Flexible working options available.
Qualifications & Experience
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Extensive experience in specialist equipment, major adaptations and manual handling.
- Confident working autonomously and managing your own workload.
- Strong background in multi‑disciplinary practice.
- HCPC‑registered Occupational Therapist.
Essential Requirements
- Expert knowledge of major adaptations, complex equipment and manual handling.
- Strong MDT experience with complex, holistic OT assessments and duty participation.
- Clear understanding of legal social care frameworks and housing legislation.
- Proven ability to manage, prioritise and progress complex cases independently.
- Skilled in assessing, prescribing and reviewing simple and complex equipment safely and effectively.
Why Redbridge?
- Integrated community health and adult social care model.
- Regular supervision and professional support.
- Flexible working options available.
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.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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