Location
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Community

Hours
Permanent, full-time role

Salary
Grade I-K £45,852 - £57,495

About the Role
We are recruiting for a Reablement Day Centre Occupational Therapist to join our Reablement Team. This exciting role is managed within Reablement but works closely with Sundial Day Opportunities, with plans to include Sonali Gardens in the future, as part of a new model of day care. This model focuses on reablement and "normalising" leisure and social activities, moving away from the traditional day centre approach.

This developing role offers opportunities for the successful candidate to shape the service while supporting service users and day centre staff at Sundial and, eventually, Sonali Gardens to explore new and meaningful opportunities. The role empowers people to take control of their own leisure activities and participate in activities that are truly meaningful to them.

You will work alongside the Reablement Clinical Lead to develop the service, supporting day services to work within an enabling ethos by completing functional assessments and developing plans to help service users transition into universal services, maintain functional ability, and identify meaningful activities.

The role incorporates both group work and one-to-one interventions and involves supporting day centre staff to adopt an enabling approach.

Role Purpose and Aims
- Oversight of group activities and activity planning across day hub sites and community hubs, supporting a range of service users from those requiring short-term reablement input to those with high support needs.
- Use of Reablement Officers (ROs) to support people in achieving their goals.
- Development and delivery of evidence-based groups, supported by evidence-based group protocols.
- Supporting day centre staff to develop and facilitate groups within community settings.
- Clinical oversight of goal setting for individuals with potential to transition to universal services following 3-12 months of day service input.
- Clinical support for less complex goal setting.
- Completion of ad hoc functional assessments without referral to Community Therapy services.
- Collaboration with the Independent Living Hub to identify assistive technology and equipment solutions to maximise attendees' independence.

Currently, 0.5 of the role is based within Sundial and 0.5 involves carrying a standard Reablement OT caseload, providing excellent experience in reablement and supporting people to maximise independence with the support of Reablement Officers.

If this role interests you, we would love to hear from you.

Experience
- Strengths-based practice
- Reablement and rehabilitation
- Clinical assessment and risk management
- Service development and innovation
- Leadership and influencing skills
- Group facilitation

About you
Strong communication and collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively within a diverse community.

Qualifications
A Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration