Occupational Therapy Assistant

Fife Council

  • Cowdenbeath, Fife
  • £30,691-33,732 per year
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 13 days ago
Job Category: Social Services/Social Work/Social CareDegree Level: SVQ 4 or equivalent (SCQF level 8/9)Job Description:Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 30 September 2025Closing Date: Monday 8 September 2025Contract Type: 2 x PermanentSalary: FC6 £30,691.29 - £33,732.26 (Pro-Rata)Working Pattern: 18 hours per weekLocations: Fife House, Glenrothes or Town House, KirkcaldySupporting StatementAs part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at .Job DetailsYou will be working within a supportive and welcoming Community Occupational Therapy Team. We have two vacancies, one based in Fife House, Glenrothes and the other in Town House, Kirkcaldy, along with Social Work Adults and Older People teams.You will carry your own caseload of adults of all ages and will work with those people in their home settings. Your role will be assessment to identify, and follow through on, appropriate intervention to enable people to be as independent and safe as possible in everyday tasks. This will include recommendation and instruction in the safe use of assistive equipment and minor adaptations.You will be required to organise your own workload. Loan working is intrinsic to the role. You will be responsible for the completion of accurate and timeous documentation. You will be part of the team duty rota to screen and prioritise requests for assessment.In addition to general team support, you will have specific support and regular supervision from an Occupational Therapist in the team. Occupational Therapy Assistants are valued in the team for their contribution, knowledge and skills base.There is flexibility for some work to be carried out at home.The PersonYou will require experience and skills transferable to carrying out assessments that focus on individual outcomes, strengths and risk factors.Please see the role profile for description of all essential and desirable skills, knowledge and experience.Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.Further Information
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.We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.We are holding a Fife Council jobs fair on Wednesday 8th October from 10am - 2pm at the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline. This is a great opportunity to meet face to face with Hiring Managers and learn more about the type of vacancies that are available and what it's like to work in local government. There will also be a chance to get support from our job clubs and employability teams who can offer help with our online application process. Please pop along on the day to find out more.For further information please contact: Neil Carnegie - (Kirkcaldy Team) or Ailsa Dow - (Cowdenbeath Team)

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