Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist - Moving & Handling Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Adult Social Care for an experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our client's MEAP Moving & Handling Team in Beswick. This specialist role requires strong technical knowledge in moving & handling, complex equipment, and home adaptations, with a particular focus on enabling independence and safety for adults within the community.

You’ll provide expert assessments, equipment recommendations, and hands‑on training to families and paid carers, ensuring safe and effective moving & handling practice across Manchester.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete complex moving & handling assessments in service users’ homes.
• Provide expert recommendations for equipment and adaptations, including ceiling track hoists and complex manual handling solutions.
• Carry out moving & handling risk assessments and develop safe systems of work.
• Deliver training to family members and paid carers on hoists, slings, handling plans, safe transfers, etc.
• Contribute to major adaptation designs in collaboration with surveyors, housing teams, and partner agencies.
• Work closely with health and social care teams, families, and external providers to deliver a cohesive and cost‑effective service.
• Support citizens to maximise independence, safety, choice, and quality of life.

Essential Requirements (Must Have)

• Accredited manual handling of people training (e.g., Train the Trainer, Advanced People Handling, or equivalent).
• Extensive experience in moving & handling, including complex cases.
• Experience training carers and families in manual handling techniques and equipment.
• Ability to manage complex equipment (slings, hoists, ceiling track hoists, etc.).
• Experience completing moving & handling risk assessments in the community.
• Trusted Assessor Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience in assessing for equipment and major adaptations.
• Must be able to hit the ground running with no upskilling required.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Desirable

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.
• Knowledge of complex equipment and major adaptations.
• Understanding of moving & handling models of practice and interventions.
• Experience working with people with varied medical conditions.
• Awareness of relevant Social Care legislation.
• Willingness to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Referral Bonus: Know a Moving & Handling Specialist who’d be perfect? Refer them and earn a bonus when they start!

Why Liquid Personnel?

•  Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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