Job Description

46,142 - 50,269 per year. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic grade 10 Occupational Therapist to join the OT leadership team for Swansea Community Integrated Services-Therapies Team, within Swansea Council. This post is full time and temporary up to 31 March 2027 in the first instance.

Post title:

Occupational Therapy Team Lead

Post number:

SS.73975

Salary:

46,142 - 50,269 per year

Job description:

Occupational Therapy Team Lead (SS.73975) Job description (PDF, 345 KB)

Directorate/department:

Social Services

Apply online now for post SS.73975

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Closing date:

11.45pm, 20 November 2025

Further information

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Do you get job satisfaction from holding a complex caseload, treating older people and younger people with physical disabilities?


Are you flexible, motivated, and organised and enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team and mentoring staff?


Would you like to work in a variety of settings including homes, care homes, and reablement bedded facilities?


If the answer is

YES

then we would love to hear from you.


Join the Swansea Community Integrated Services Therapy Team and work across stunning Swansea Bay -- with breathtaking coastlines, scenic views, and vibrant culture all just a short journey away.


The team provides same day response and reablement to support people to be discharged in a timely and safe manner from hospital, or to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital or permanent placement into a care home. You will be supported by an experienced MDT including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech & language therapists, dietitians, medicine management, domiciliary care assistants, social workers and nursing colleagues.


The Occupational Therapy Team are present at the Common Access Point for Health and Social Care, contributing to the multidisciplinary screening of incoming referrals and carry a complex caseload of crisis and urgent referrals. The team also participate in the Integrated Discharge Hub as part of the MDT screening; to identify the correct pathway for hospital discharges.

Main responsibilities:

Evidence based / client centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the outcomes of intervention in hospital and in the community maintaining associated records. To organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To provide highly developed expertise within the community setting. To provide clinical leadership for staff, through supervision and appraisal as delegated by line manager. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Therapy Services within the Integrated Community Hub holding responsibility for defined projects. To be jointly responsible for the operational management of therapy teams within the hub - including caseload allocation, management, and professional development. To contribute to the maintenance and development of Therapy Services in the Community Hub setting and to support consistent approach to therapy provision across the locality. The successful applicant will be required to travel in a timely manner around the community and participate in a seven-day working roster. The applicant should be highly motivated, enthusiastic, flexible and resilient. Previous experience working in a Local Authority with caseload experience in Paediatrics and/or Adult is desirable. The ability to speak Level 1 Welsh is desirable for this is post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

For further information please contact

Kim Watkins

Occupational Therapy Team Lead on

01792 635224

. Alternatively, email

Kim.Watkins3@wales.nhs.uk

or

Emma.Evans@wales.nhs.uk

Safeguarding

Within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors. Further details can be found at https://www.swansea.gov.uk/corporatesafeguarding

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