Occupational Therapist Assistant Practitioner (7123)

Permanent contract | 21 hours per week | £32,076 to £33,945 per annum pro rata (Grade H) | Norwich

We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for a part-time Occupational Therapist Assistant Practitioner (OTAP) based within the Adoption and Kinship Support Team at County Hall. 

In this role, you will have the benefit of working within a large, multi-disciplinary team who are committed to improving outcomes for adopted and kinship children and their families.

The OTAP is supervised by the OT and accountable to the Adoption and Kinship Support Team Manager. 

Supported by the OT, you will be expected to deliver a full range of OT interventions directly to children, young people and their parent/carers, with overall case responsibility sitting with a qualified practitioner. 

Your main functions will be:

• To work collaboratively with service users, their support network/family, and other agencies to enable them to achieve and maintain balance in their activities of daily living.
• With the support of the OT, to formulate and implement intervention plans aimed at reducing the impact of trauma and attachment disruptions. 
• To reduce the impact of trauma and attachment disruptions and to promote function and social participation. 
• To provide consultation, advice and to develop support plans where there are issues relating to activities of daily living, emotional regulation and sensory processing. 
• To provide consultations to the staff within the adoption and kinship support team and corporate parenting to offer specialist occupational support and advice. 
• To offer a range of relevant workshops and groups to meet the needs of the service user and their families.   

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy please contact the Occupational Therapist, Naomi Thomas, on 01603 495773. 

Your office base will be at County Hall in Norwich. We anticipate that working remotely will be a key feature of this role. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Occasionally you will be expected to work out of hours to provide a flexible and responsive service that meets the needs of the families referred.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria we are looking for. 

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. 
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job. 
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 16 January 2025

Closing date: 23 January 2025

 

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.  Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food.  We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.  Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services. Apply