Occupational Therapist – ATEC24 – EDN24980 Full Time

Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Occupational Therapist – Fixed term until 17/7/2024
ATEC 24 Service, Kings Haugh, Peffermill

Salary: £34,057 – £40,275 per year
Hours: 36 per week

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Communities and Families Occupational Therapy team, on a fixed-term basis until Summer 2024 for maternity leave cover.

Our team focuses on a child’s home and school environments to assess where potential changes can improve participation and wellbeing. We work in partnership with the child, their parents, caregivers, and other professionals to support the child within their environments. Our team’s aim is to improve quality of life, reduce risk, increase a child’s independence wherever possible while supporting the family by providing equipment and/or adaptations at home and school. Assessments are generally in relation to the provision of specialist equipment (seating / bathing), minor and major adaptations, moving and handling and housing needs assessments.

The post will require you to:

Work as an Occupational Therapist undertaking a range of occupational therapy services including assessment and care management of service users’ needs to children and young people with disabilities who are resident within the City of Edinburgh, and also for young people who are looked after and accommodated by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Deliver occupational therapy services in accordance with current legislation, Council procedures and standards. The post holder will be required to participate in the delivery of a responsive and needs led service, ensuring that the appropriate safeguards are in place.

Promote effective multi-disciplinary working with other disciplines aimed at providing a good level of service to service users.

Work as part of a multi-agency team to build capacity of schools to meet the needs of learners in relation to accessibility and support these young people accessing education.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

We’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. 

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