Senior Occupational Therapist

Senior Occupational Therapist – Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Service Care Solutions are recruiting on behalf of our client for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council.

Location: Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Rate: £38 per hour (Umbrella) / £29.80 per hour (PAYE)
Contract: 3-month ongoing contract

Job Role You will deliver a high-quality Occupational Therapy / Reablement Service, managing a caseload that includes a higher proportion of complex, high-risk, and contentious cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver professional Occupational Therapy services in line with local authority policies, national legislation, and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) 4 Pillars
• Undertake complex, strength-based and person-centred assessments in collaboration with service users, carers, and multidisciplinary teams

Complete:

• Functional assessments
• Manual handling risk assessments
• Postural and seating assessments
• Environmental assessments
• Safeguarding enquiries

Recommend and provide equipment and adaptations to:

• Maximise independence
  
  
• Improve quality of life for service users and carers
  
  
• Develop and monitor SMART goals to support outcome-focused interventions
  
  

Facilitate:

• Hospital discharge planning
• Step-down and reablement pathways
• Community-based interventions

Work collaboratively across health and social care services to:

• Prevent hospital admissions
  
  
• Enable safe and timely discharges
  
  
• Support individuals transitioning back to independent living
  
  
• Assess and support individuals with long-term conditions, recommending specialist equipment and adaptations where required
  
  

About the Role This is an excellent opportunity to provide an outcome-focused Occupational Therapy service to adults with physical disabilities and age-related needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred care, promoting independence and recovery.

Requirements

• Qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration
• Experience managing complex caseloads within social care/community settings
• Strong knowledge of manual handling, equipment provision, and housing adaptations
• Ability to work collaboratively across agencies

Service Care Solutions Benefits

• £200 referral bonus
• £150 sign-up bonus

Interested? Service Care Solutions benefits and interested please send your CV to andrew.wiles@servicecare.org.uk