About the role

  • Senior Occupational Therapist in Suffolk focusing on short-term support and crisis intervention in Adult Social Care. Collaborating with teams to manage referrals while contributing to service improvement.

Responsibilities

  • IWS North is part of the Contact and Assessment Service - the front door to Adult Social Care in Suffolk. This busy, fast‑paced team receives new referrals and works with individuals on a short‑term basis, offering both preventative support and crisis intervention.
  • As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will:

Requirements

  • Hold a varied caseload, including both urgent and non‑urgent work.
  • Support the team’s OT triage and social care triage processes.
  • Work alongside and support Trusted Assessors, modelling excellent OT practice.
  • Collaborate closely with locality colleagues to manage and assess risk.
  • Contribute to team development, service improvement, and day‑to‑day coordination.

Benefits

  • up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
  • membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
  • performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
  • training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
  • a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
  • diverse and active staff networks
  • flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

Job title

Senior Occupational Therapist

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£40,777 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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