Senior Occupational Therapist

County Durham
Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hpw)
£33, 250 – £49, 819 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Great Benefits including Health Cash Plan!

Home, a place where you belong

As a Senior Occupational Therapist in our clinical team, you’ll play a big part in helping people with complex needs live more independent, fulfilling lives. This isn’t about quick fixes or tick-box care. It’s about supporting people to grow their confidence, skills, and independence in ways that really matter to them.

You’ll be joining a team that blends health, housing and care to create long-term change, and you’ll see the difference your work makes every single day.

Typical day as our Senior Occupational Therapist

• You’ll carry out in-depth assessments and interventions, drawing on your expertise to create practical plans that help customers build skills and independence.
• You’ll provide clinical guidance and advice to colleagues, helping support teams feel confident in delivering safe and effective day-to-day care.
• You’ll design and deliver personalised interventions, including positive behaviour support plans, always keeping the customer’s goals, strengths and voice at the centre.
• You’ll collaborate closely with other professionals including nurses, behavioural specialists and fellow occupational therapists, working as one joined-up team.
• You’ll balance your own caseload across different services, from Ofsted-registered supported accommodation to other settings across the region.
• You’ll lead service improvements and contribute to practice development, making sure our model of care stays safe, innovative and truly customer focused.

We can't sponsor you due to certificate limits. We review this regularly.

You bring

• You bring professional registration as an HCPC Occupational Therapist, with strong experience working alongside people with complex needs such as learning disabilities, autism, or mental health conditions.
• You bring the ability to carry out thorough assessments and develop evidence-based interventions, translating clinical expertise into real-life outcomes for customers.
• You bring a person-centred and strengths-based approach, seeing beyond difficulties to help people recognise their skills, goals and potential.
• You bring confidence in risk assessment and management, with the skill to balance safety while promoting independence and positive risk-taking.
• You bring excellent communication skills, working with empathy and clarity to build trust with customers, families, carers and colleagues across disciplines.
• You bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset, always seeking to improve practice, share knowledge and champion high-quality occupational therapy.

Job details

We’re looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist who is passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives.

• You’ll support customers across three Ofsted-registered supported accommodation services
• For young people aged 16 to 35 - 3 days per week
• Work across additional services in the region, as appointed by our central resource team - 2 days per week

How we’ll support you

It’s our unwritten rule that you attend the important appointments in life, be it your child’s school play, your partner’s graduation, or to get your new fridge delivered. You can elect to fit these around your working day or use your flexi to take the time off when you need it.

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave, prorated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
• Career path with development and an excellent training package
• Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing.

Where every voice belongs

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Senior Occupational Therapist Job description and more about us in our candidate pack. We’ve also got some short films that show you what it’s like to work here, and we know you’ll want to find out more about our award winning benefits and rewards package!

To find out even more, please contact Lindsay Courtney, Strategic Lead Service Design & Practice at Lindsay.courtney@homegroup.org.uk.