Peripatetic Occupational Therapist - Care & Repair, Pullar House, Perth - PKC13720

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within Perth & Kinross Council is more than a job, it's about being part of an organisation that puts people at the heart of all we do and provides opportunities to make a real difference by enhancing every life we touch.

We currently have the following opportunity:

Peripatetic Occupational Therapist, Care & Repair (Fixed Term for 2 Years) - PKC13720
£47,601 - £50,773
Based at Pullar House, Perth

Would you like to join our team?

If so, an exciting new vacancy has arisen within the Perth and Kinross HSCP for an Occupational Therapist to support and work alongside our Care & Repair Service.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated team player who has the advanced practice, knowledge, skills and experience to support the team? If so, you will fit right in.

This is a full time, 36 hours per week, peripatetic role (Fixed 2 year contract) covering all localities across Perth & Kinross and will focus on private sector housing. The post will be based in Perth City.

You will be working with a supportive and collaborative team of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Senior Clerical Assistants based throughout our other Perth and Kinross integrated localities.

You will work closely with colleagues based within the Care & Repair team to deliver a service that will meet existing and future needs. 

You will contribute to the development of best practice and service development.  This will include delivering person centred inclusive services in line with HCPC standards of practice. 

We would encourage applications from people that feel as passionately as we do about treating everyone with kindness, dignity and respect, demonstrating these values in every aspect of practice and staff development. 
 
We have great employee benefits i.e. hybrid working/flexitime/flexible working/pension scheme/health & wellbeing.

If this sounds like a role where you could share your relevant experience and make a positive difference, then we would like to hear from you.

We can offer you a wide range of opportunities for your continuous professional development.  

We provide supportive management and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance. 

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Skills & Experience Required

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist who is skilled in assessment, rehabilitation, moving and handling and planning & building design. 

As an Occupational Therapist within the team you will be required to work with people of all ages who require specialist Occupational Therapy intervention. 

There is a key focus on early intervention, prevention and a reablement approach across all services. You will be expected to undertake comprehensive assessments and to arrange the provision of basic and specialist equipment, minor adaptations and community supports to assist individuals to achieve their optimum level of independence in the community.

For this particular post, experience in building design and complex environmental adaptations is also highly desirable and is an essential key function in order to undertake this role. Inhouse training and support will also be available.

You must be able to work effectively within a team and demonstrate a commitment to improving service provision.  

You will have good organisational skills and be able to manage a busy caseload.  

Excellent verbal, written and IT skills are essential.    

You must have a Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy

You must be registered with HCPC.

3 years post qualification experience is highly desirable.

Moving and handling experience is essential.

You must have a valid UK driving licence as this post requires you to travel to a variety of locations across Perth and Kinross.

Working at Perth & Kinross Council

Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours. Find out more about Perth & Kinross Council and you could soon be joining our team!

Here's what we can offer you:

• A generous annual leave package
• 6 days public holiday and an additional discretionary day
• Eligibility to join our pension scheme
• Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working, Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave, time off for volunteering and our Wellbeing Framework
• Access to a range of benefits

We recognise there can be benefits to flexible working and where individual jobs allow, we seek to support this. You are encouraged to discuss potential options with the recruiting manager, if this is of interest to you. A healthy work life balance is important to us and we provide supportive management and, where possible, flexible working arrangements to help you achieve that balance. You will have access to training and support for continued professional development.

For purposes of connection and collaboration with colleagues and with the community we serve, our full-time employees work on site for a minimum of 2 days per week with the arrangements for part time employees being agreed on a basis which will ensure that they benefit to an equivalent degree.

Our FAQs on hybrid working can be found here Hybrid working FAQs

We are committed to being a more inclusive employer - to ensure we can consider any reasonable adjustments, please either contact the recruiting manager to discuss any individual circumstances, discuss at interview or, if you prefer, after any conditional offer is made.

Next Steps

We would love to hear from you and would encourage you to get in touch with Carol Cowan, Occupational Therapy Team Leader on to find out more.

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External candidates are required to provide contact details for 2 referees, including email addresses. One of these must be your current or most recent employer.

Internal applicants applying for secondment must obtain line manager approval through the secondment form available under My Forms – Secondment Request Form on MyView. Please note that secondment requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. 

We welcome applications from everyone and as a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to interview applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential requirements of the post. Please contact the hiring manager above or the Recruitment Team on or recruitment@pkc.gov.uk to discuss any reasonable adjustments. Appointments are based on evidence supplied during the selection process.

Diversity is important to us and although some of our jobs may be perceived to be traditionally gender specific, we welcome applications from everyone and would encourage you to apply if you meet the job requirements. That includes welcoming applications from former armed forces personnel/reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

Working with children and/or protected adults is regarded as a regulated role and under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 you will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.

If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more (continuous or total) within the last 10 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check.

A confirmed offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of the above mentioned mandatory pre-employment checks (including references) and will also include eligibility to work in the UK, qualifications and fitness to undertake the post.