Occupational Therapist - Community Resource Team
- BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
- Oct 25, 2025
Full time
Healthcare & Medical
Job Description
Occupational Therapist - Community Resource Team
Job description
37 hours per week
We are looking for an innovative, enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our Community Resource Team, delivering short term assessment services to adults in the Bridgend County Borough.
The successful candidate will provide the Occupational Therapy input to the Support at Home enabling home care service. The service aims to maintain or improve the functioning of people living with dementia or a cognitive impairment. The service is delivered by a team of Social Care Workers and you will provide the professional guidance to the team.
The Community Resource Team is an integrated health and social care service which provides a range of short-term interventions to people in their own homes to promote their independence. Working as part of a team the successful candidate will need to work efficiently and pro-actively to deliver effective time limited Occupational therapy interventions to support people to remain independent in their own homes.
The successful candidate will hold a defined case load providing evidence-based interventions to promote independence and quality of life.
Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential within this post. The successful candidate will need to plan and manage their time efficiently, ensuring completion of both clinical and non-clinical tasks, to ensure effective workload management and the ability to respond flexibly to the needs of the service.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, imaginative, and enjoys the challenge of problem solving, working with people in a community setting. You will need to utilise a broad range of your Occupational Therapy skills, while working closely with people who have a wide range of disabilities, their carers and families.
A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential to this role.
We will be committed to enhancing your skills and professional development with structured induction, peer group support, professional supervision and by providing a wide range of training and development opportunities.
The ability to conduct a basic conversation through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
An Enhanced with Adults Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.
Closing Date: 5 November 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
Job description
37 hours per week
We are looking for an innovative, enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our Community Resource Team, delivering short term assessment services to adults in the Bridgend County Borough.
The successful candidate will provide the Occupational Therapy input to the Support at Home enabling home care service. The service aims to maintain or improve the functioning of people living with dementia or a cognitive impairment. The service is delivered by a team of Social Care Workers and you will provide the professional guidance to the team.
The Community Resource Team is an integrated health and social care service which provides a range of short-term interventions to people in their own homes to promote their independence. Working as part of a team the successful candidate will need to work efficiently and pro-actively to deliver effective time limited Occupational therapy interventions to support people to remain independent in their own homes.
The successful candidate will hold a defined case load providing evidence-based interventions to promote independence and quality of life.
Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential within this post. The successful candidate will need to plan and manage their time efficiently, ensuring completion of both clinical and non-clinical tasks, to ensure effective workload management and the ability to respond flexibly to the needs of the service.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, imaginative, and enjoys the challenge of problem solving, working with people in a community setting. You will need to utilise a broad range of your Occupational Therapy skills, while working closely with people who have a wide range of disabilities, their carers and families.
A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential to this role.
We will be committed to enhancing your skills and professional development with structured induction, peer group support, professional supervision and by providing a wide range of training and development opportunities.
The ability to conduct a basic conversation through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
An Enhanced with Adults Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.
Closing Date: 5 November 2025
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
Job Description & Person Specification
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