£32.50 Per Hour
Full Time
Contract
Westminster, Greater London
Social Care
Posted 14 hours ago
Expires In 28 Days
Job Description
Location: Westminster, London
Rate: £32.50 per hour
Contract Type: Temporary
Working Hours: Full-time, Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
Working Arrangement: Office-based with community visits
About the Role:
Pertemps Social Care is currently recruiting for a highly skilled Occupational Therapist to join a dynamic team in Westminster. This is a hands-on role requiring strong clinical reasoning, excellent case management, and the ability to support complex clients through the adaptation process.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of complex clients with diverse physical, cognitive, and environmental needs
- Carry out in-depth home visits and manual handling assessments
- Prescribe and oversee major adaptations including stairlifts, level access showers, ramps, and through-floor lifts
- Work closely with housing and DFG teams, contractors, surveyors, and housing officers
- Provide detailed clinical justifications for equipment and structural changes
- Support timely hospital discharges and contribute to hospital avoidance strategies
- Maintain thorough documentation for safeguarding reports, legal panels, and funding decisions
- Offer supervision and guidance to junior staff
- Act as a main point of contact for service users, delivering advice and advocacy throughout the adaptation process
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure cohesive, person-centred service delivery
- Excellent communication skills, especially when discussing complex or technical matters
- Strong organisational and time-management abilities
- Proactive and accountable, with a solution-focused mindset
- Confident in manual handling planning and equipment specification
- Comfortable working in local authority settings with vulnerable adults
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Enhanced DBS (or willing to obtain one prior to start)
- Demonstrable experience working with minor and major adaptations, equipment provision, and relevant legislation
Apply now or send your CV to Freya.joseph@pprsocialcare.co.uk
Freya Joseph
Freya.Joseph@pprsocialcare.co.uk
0203 897 1477
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Pertemps Professional Recruitment London
19 Great Winchester Street
London
Greater London
EC2N 2JA
0203 897 1477
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