Occupational Therapist - Moving & Handling Services

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist for its client’s Moving & Handling Services Team in Blackburn with Darwen. They are seeking a skilled and experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Moving & Handling Services Team at Blackburn with Darwen Council on a locum basis. This is a vital role, delivering community-based assessments and interventions to support individuals requiring moving and handling assistance, while promoting independence, safety, and well-being.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Conduct community assessments within a local authority setting, identifying needs and recommending equipment solutions


• Perform comprehensive moving and handling assessments, ensuring safe practices and compliance with guidelines


• Collaborate with residents, families, and professionals to create tailored support plans for safe mobility


• Assess and demonstrate single-handed solutions to meet handling needs in community settings


• Maintain accurate records in line with professional and legal standards


• Provide demonstrations and training to care providers on safe moving and handling practices and equipment use

Benefits:

• Opportunity to make a direct impact on community wellbeing


• Work within a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment


• Competitive hourly rate

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• HCPC Registration and relevant Occupational Therapy qualifications


• Experience within a local authority setting


• Proficiency in moving and handling assessments


• Strong knowledge of equipment provision and home adaptations


• Excellent communication and organisational skills

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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