Paediatric Occupational Therapist - Social Care & Housing

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting an experienced Paediatric Occupational Therapist for its client to support a Social Care and Housing service in Hounslow.

This role offers the opportunity to use your specialist OT skills to assess children and young people, supporting them to access the right equipment, adaptations and interventions to improve independence and quality of life.

You will work closely with families, social care colleagues and housing teams, completing assessments and providing recommendations that enable children to live safely and participate more fully in everyday activities.

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Complete specialist paediatric OT assessments within a Social Care and Housing setting.
• Assess children’s functional needs and identify appropriate equipment and adaptations.
• Recommend solutions that promote independence, safety and participation.
• Complete home environment assessments and advise on housing adaptations where required.
• Work collaboratively with families, social care professionals and wider multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide clear clinical recommendations and reports.
• Support decision-making around equipment provision and intervention planning.
• Manage a varied caseload of paediatric OT assessments. 

Qualifications & Experience:  

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Experience working with children and young people.
• Background in paediatric OT, community services, social care or housing adaptations.
• Experience completing functional assessments and recommending equipment/adaptations.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with wider teams.

Benefits:

• Competitive rate of £42 per hour.
• 6-month contract with potential extension.
• Opportunity to focus on specialist paediatric OT assessments.
• Flexible working approach.
• Work within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.
• Make a direct impact on children and families.
• 6 months (with potential extension)
• Working pattern: Flexible working arrangements 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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