Occupational Therapist

Salary £30,451 to £34,728

Location Stockport

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Full time, Permanent but can offer reduced / Part Time hours

Closing Date: 19th January 2022

Interview Date: 31st January 2022

Can you help us to empower our customers and increase their independence?

Can you help us to ensure our adapted properties are sustainable and allocated to those households most in need?

Are you currently HCPC registered?

If the answers are yes, we have an excellent opportunity for you to join our dynamic and award-winning organisation!

Stockport Homes Group (SHG) is a great place to work, we pride ourselves on building strong collaborative relationships locally and regionally. We are passionate about not only providing housing and building new homes in Stockport but helping to transform the lives of our customers. We aim to provide comfortable and affordable homes and engage customers and communities. We were incredibly proud to have been ranked Number 1 in the Housing Sector and included in the Top 100 largest companies to work for.

We’re looking for an Occupational Therapist to provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service to customers with a diverse range of complex physical disabilities, in order to maximise their independence, reduce and/or manage risk and improve their quality of life.

Your specialist skills will be utilised in the assessment and provision of specialist/bespoke equipment and major complex adaptations. Working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary agencies, you will enable customers to remain in or return to their preferred accommodation.

We’re looking for someone:

With a degree or diploma of the College of Occupational Therapy
That’s Currently registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
Has experience in the assessment of need for both minor and major adaptations, as well as standard and specialist equipment
Who can complete and review detailed care plans and risk assessments
Who has the ability to drive and access to a vehicle available to use at work

We also value hybrid working arrangements and you will have the opportunity to shape and agree how you work between office and home to suit both your own and the business needs. We’re also flexible with the hours of work and whilst the role ideally is full time, we’re happy to consider part time applicants too. We can look to offer 2.5-5 days for the right candidate (salary would be pro rata depending on hours).

If you are interested in discussing the role further then we’d like to hear from you. Please contact eva.holt@stockporthomes.org to make arrangements for an informal chat.

We offer some a competitive salary and some excellent benefits including;

Access to a generous GMPF pension scheme, including life cover
Personal Growth - Access to learning and development opportunities enabling you to maximise your strengths and utilise your talents
Generous annual leave entitlement 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days leave

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we work in. Equality, diversity and inclusion is important to us and we like to acknowledge that everyone is different. We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams and across the group, so we would welcome any applications from any underrepresented groups.

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About Us

Stockport Homes Group (SHG) is an umbrella organisation overseeing companies dedicated to meeting housing and social needs and so transforming lives for the people of Greater Manchester. There are four companies within SHG: Three Sixty, Stockport Homes, Viaduct Housing Partnership & SKylight - with many more brands underneath these companies, providing a host of services from property management to construction, architecture, falls response and much much more!

SHG is proud to be an award-winning organisation dedicated to transforming the lives and communities of our customers and as a public-private sector fusion, SHG is focused on future growth and excellence - looking for the best people to join the Group to be on this exciting journey.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. The SHG “Be You” approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHG’s Values. We appreciate the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. Diversity contributes to our inclusive culture and allows us to be truly representative of the communities we work in.

Our Benefits

Personal Development

Work/Life Balance

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