Occupational Therapist

About The Role

Occupational Therapist

Contract: Permanent

Location: Plough Lane (Hereford)

Hours: Full-time (37 hours)

Salary: £36,363 - £40,777

Closing date: Monday 2nd Feb 2026

Herefordshire Council’s Independent Living Service is recruiting qualified, HCPC registered Occupational Therapists to join our friendly team of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants. Working across the communities of Herefordshire we are seeking motivated, committed individuals with a passion for enabling individuals to achieve independence in meaningful daily tasks and improve quality of life.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist join our team. In collaboration with social care, health, housing professionals & outside agencies. Herefordshire Council Occupational Therapists work with adults of any age and medical condition. Maintaining professional standards and compliance with applied legislation the postholder will use core professional skills to undertake statutory, strengths‑based needs assessments, identify risks, barriers to independence and employ prevention strategies to create meaningful, personalised programmes to assist individuals with qualified access to available services and support.

Independent Living Service Occupational Therapists work in partnership with adults, their families and care givers when illness or medical conditions restrict a person's ability to participate in ordinary, everyday activities. Through observation, therapeutic and direct engagement, the post‑holder will undertake Occupational Therapy functional, social and environmental needs assessments. They will identify risks and barriers to independence, establish a persons’ strengths, motivations and independent capabilities and create meaningful, personalised programmes to qualify access to available services and support.

You will work autonomously in either fixed, field or flexible role using a holistic, person‑centred approach to promote meaningful occupations to help people live well at home, provide individuals with opportunities, choice and control over the management of their day‑to‑day activities, health and wellbeing.

In adult Social Care, Occupational Therapy prevention role is centred around enablement: focus on early intervention to reduce, delay or prevent escalation of health, care and support needs. You will work in a person’s own home and local environment providing bespoke interventions, information and advice and facilitate the provision of aids to daily living, adaptations, dignity with moving & handling, specialist community equipment and technology enabled living.

As a registered Occupational Therapist you will work as part of a wider team with scope to practice with a diverse service user group, within a variety of rural, town, village & city settings. You will be required to maintain a varied caseload, undertake statutory assessments, deliver and evaluate a range of supportive Occupational Therapy intervention solutions and support the supervision of junior staff.

You will need strong interpersonal, communication & organisational skills and be committed to ongoing professional, service and personal development, contributing to team building and continuous service improvement.

A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Salary range of £36,363 - £40,777
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum during the request period
• Flexible working: including the potential for job‑sharing, part‑time hours and agile working.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees (based on role requirements)
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

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