Occupational Therapy Assistant

We are looking for an Occupational Therapy Assistant to support individuals with physical disabilities to live independently and safely within their home environment. In this role, you will contact residents over the phone and in person. You will assess functional abilities, identify needs, and support service users to set person-centred goals that promote independence and wellbeing. You will help provide equipment and recommend home adaptations, support carers, and contribute to safeguarding and risk assessments, ensuring high-quality, effective interventions are delivered.

You are a compassionate and organised individual with proven experience in occupational therapy or a related field. You have excellent communication skills and are confident working with service users, carers, and professionals from a range of backgrounds. With strong attention to detail and the ability to manage your own caseload, you can prioritise tasks effectively and maintain accurate records. You bring a proactive, person-centred approach, along with a solid understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, and the importance of delivering high-quality, respectful care.

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work - the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.