Description
The role of Discharge to Assess OT is pivotal in supporting safe and timely hospital discharges by enabling individuals to regain or maintain independence in their own homes.
The post holder will work closely with the Hospital Social Work Team and the Reablement and Independence Service, delivering strength-based, person-centred interventions that promote recovery and reduce reliance on long-term care.
Main Accountabilities:
- Conduct holistic assessments to identify the needs of service users and carers within their home environments, ensuring recommendations are appropriate and within available resources.
- Actively involve carers in the assessment and planning process, considering their needs alongside those of the service user to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- Independently manage a specialist clinical caseload, maintaining accurate and up-to-date clinical records in line with professional standards.
- Ensure all interventions and recommendations are informed by current manual handling guidance and best practice.
- Set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals to guide effective treatment, support timely progression through the service, and facilitate appropriate discharge planning, including inreach work.
- Promote the use of Assistive Technology and digital tools such as AskSARA to enhance independence and reduce reliance on formal care services, embedding a strengths-based approach.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across health and social care, including the Hospital Social Work Team and the Reablement and Independence Service, to ensure coordinated care.
About Us: As part of Slough Borough Council, you will join an organisation focused on improving outcomes for residents, communities, and the local environment.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £43,253 to £48,795 a year, inclusive of LWA of £1,130 plus 14% Shift enhancement
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Annual leave entitlement
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Employee networks
- Opportunities to contribute to meaningful change for the people of Slough
Requirements:
- Recent experience demonstrating ability to assess and evaluate care in rehabilitation and long-term condition management
- Experience of working with people of diverse cultural and religious communities
- Experience of diffusing conflict and complaints
- Experience of case-management in clients with long-term conditions
- Experience of contributing to service/quality improvement
- Experience of working within a community or acute therapy team
- Moving and Handling case work experience
- Proven ability in implementing Clinical Governance
- Problem-solving/decision-making skills based on client needs and goals
- Excellent assessment and recording skills
- Demonstrates positive attitudes and behaviours, taking a strength-based approach to assessments
- Willingness to take responsibility and use initiative, according to level of experience and delegations
- Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
- Proficient in the use of ICT systems and packages
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and influence others
- Excellent time management skills, including the ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritising and organising own work and caseload, including delegation
- Physically capable of carrying, transporting, and fitting equipment in people's homes, within manual handling constraints and guidelines