Job Title:  Occupational Therapist
Area: Greater Manchester Social Services
Salary:  £36
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length:  Ongoing                          
Job details:  Reablement. JD available on request. The Reablement service is looking for an Occupational Therapist to join the team. This is still a relatively new role, and having OTs within the teams has enhanced the person-centred goal setting approach and led to better outcomes for service users.
The Reablement service supports vulnerable adults to remain at home and be as independent as possible. There is a team of over 250 Support Workers delivering services across Manchester. Using strength-based models of working the team support people in their own homes, on a short-term basis, with a variety of daily living tasks including maintaining personal hygiene, preparing food, accessing community resources and managing day to day risks.
The support the service provides ranges from motivation and confidence building to more practical assistance. The team will work with individual people to agree achievable, person-centred goals and develop support plans which promote independence and focus and the things that matter to them.
Reablement is part of the wider Manchester Community Response (MCR) service which also includes Discharge to Assess, Crisis Response and Intermediate Care. This gives people access to care, therapy, nursing and pharmacy support from the same integrated team. The role holder’s main duties are:
• Work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary MCR team supporting individuals on the Reablement pathway and will be based within one of the three Reablement teams across the city.
• Undertake assessments and reviews for a range of people on the Reablement pathway
• Contribute to goal setting and support planning for a range of people on the Reablement pathway
• Undertake moving and handling risk assessments, identifying and ordering appropriate and safe equipment.
• Support Reablement staff to develop and improve goal setting skills across the service.
• Provide advice and guidance to Reablement staff on specialist equipment and techniques to support people on the Reablement pathway
The role involves working both at the Reablement office base and in service users’ homes therefore a car driver is required.
Code:  U.XMS 0008 CA91 / 1.023004.B11818