Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care

Job Title: Occupational Therapist - Adult Social Care
Location: Westminster
Pay Rate: -32.50 per hour (Umbrella)

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is looking for a skilled and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our client''s Adult Social Care team based in Westminster.

This is a dynamic and rewarding role focused on supporting residents with complex needs to live safely and independently in their homes. You''ll deliver person-centred interventions through functional assessments, equipment provision and major adaptations.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage a caseload of complex clients with physical, cognitive, and environmental challenges
• Conduct in-depth home visits to assess functional needs and environmental risks
• Complete manual handling assessments and develop safe handling plans
• Prescribe and oversee major adaptations (e.g. stairlifts, ramps, level access showers)
• Provide clinical reasoning for high-cost equipment and structural changes
• Liaise with contractors, surveyors, and housing teams to ensure effective delivery
• Support hospital discharge and avoidance through timely interventions
• Maintain accurate documentation and contribute to legal and safeguarding reports
• Supervise and support junior staff, promoting safe practices and reflective learning
• Act as the main point of contact for service users throughout the adaptation process
• Collaborate with internal teams and partner agencies for coordinated care

Essential Skills

• Effective communication: Able to convey complex clinical and technical information clearly
• Self-motivated and organised: Takes ownership of learning and development
• Excellent time and workload management: Committed to structured processes and deadlines
• Flexible and accountable: Works collaboratively and takes responsibility for tasks
• Proactive problem-solving: Identifies challenges, implements solutions, and reviews outcomes

Qualifications & Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Enhanced DBS (required prior to start)
• Proven experience in local authority settings and working with vulnerable adults
• Strong knowledge of equipment provision, adaptations, and relevant legislation

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ''Faster Pay'' service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren''t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid''s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• "Refer a Friend" bonus - get -500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• "Find your own job" bonus - get -250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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