Occupational Therapist – Learning Disabilities & Autism / Mental Health

Our Client is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to support their Learning Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health services across the West, Ipswich and North localities. This is a proactive review/assessment role aimed at improving service delivery and reducing OT waiting lists across the directorate.

Locations Covered

You’ll work flexibly across Suffolk’s Mental Health & LD/Autism localities, including:

• West: West Suffolk House, Bury St Edmunds
• Ipswich: Endeavour House, Ipswich
• North: Riverside, Lowestoft

Hybrid working allows 2 days per week from home, with 2–3 days in office depending on service need.

Role Overview

This role focuses on high‑quality assessments and reviews to ensure safe, effective, and value‑for‑money support for adults with LD, autism, and mental health needs. The work is varied, fast‑paced, and ideal for an OT confident in social care practice and manual handling.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide safe and timely delivery of front-line OT services across the directorate.
• Undertake proactive reviews and assessments, supporting both service improvement and waiting list reduction.
• Support triage processes and minimise duplication between health and social care functions.
• Work with external care providers to ensure safe, accurate moving and handling practices.
• Review and optimise care packages, ensuring best use of available equipment and cost-effective support.
• Review double-handed care packages to identify opportunities for Single-Handed Care where appropriate.
• Review waking-night care packages.
• Provide mutual aid to other OT teams when required.
• Deliver high-quality documentation, recommendations, and professional reasoning.

Requirements

• HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist (Must have)
• Strong manual handling experience
• Solid background in adult social care
• Confident completing complex assessments, reviews, and moving & handling-related interventions
• Ability to travel across the West, Ipswich and North patches as needed

Pay & Assignment Details

• £35 per hour 
• Initial 6‑month contract
• Hybrid working with flexibility
• Supportive, well-structured MDT environment

Referral Bonus Available!
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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.

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