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Job details

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Job reference

REQ00000019033

Date posted

10/10/2025

Application closing date

22/10/2025

Location

KENDAL

Salary

Career Grading Grade 11 - 38,220 - 39,412 Grade 13 - 42,839 - 44,075

Package

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Attachments

Occupational Therapist - WMF2351e

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Job description

Location:

Kendal

Contract Type:

Fixed Term

About this opportunity

We apply a career grade system to our Occupational Therapist roles, meaning your starting salary will depend on your competencies, experience, and qualifications. We then support staff to progress through the career grade in line with their development against the requirements at each step of the grade.

In order to maintain the right balance of skills and experience across our team, we are ideally looking for a candidate with demonstrable experience of post qualifying practice in (Occupational Therapy). However, we are still keen to hear from candidates who are more recently qualified, particularly if you have gained experience and transferable skills working with people who use our services in other contexts.

Who we are looking for...

An enthusiastic, holistic, customer focused and dedicated Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy service in Kendal.



You will work with customers in their own homes, completing Care Act Assessments to provide functional Occupational Therapy assessments for customers aged 18 and above.



Within your role you will display the skills needed to support individuals to manage their lives independently, using appropriate adaptive techniques or equipment, working with their strengths, interests and networks. You will signpost to partner agencies and work closely with OT, Social Work, Reablement, HAWcs, and Health colleagues to ensure individual's independence is maximised.



This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive and nurturing environment. You will be given experience of customers needing moving and handling support, specialist seating assessments. You will do recommendations for the provision of Disabled Facilities Grants for major adaptations such as wet rooms, stairlifts, home extensions, etc, you will assess for and recommend minor adaptations. You will work with customers presenting with a range of conditions and gain experience of doing strength based, holistic assessments with individuals aged 18 to over 100.



No two days will be the same.

What can we offer you!

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site.

Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)

Would you like to find out more?

For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:



Grade 11:

Post Specification

Role Profile

Grade 13:

Post Specification

Role Profile

If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact Claire Jackson (South Lakes Team Manager) on

Claire.Jackson@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

or 07833 481405.

Or Katie Grant (OT Service Manager/Principal OT) on

katie.grant@westmorlandandfurnss.gov.uk

or Mobile: 07741765216

Application and Interview information

Closing date: 22/10/2025



We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss this with you.



Westmorland and Furness Council are now able to offer sponsorship for Skilled Worker Visa applications for eligible roles. Please note, we cannot guarantee the eligibility of all of our roles, therefore, if you would like more information on roles that may be eligible please visit the government website -

Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes - GOV.UK

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Safer Recruitment & DBS

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.



This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with an Adults Barred List check.

Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.
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