Occupational Therapist - Regaining Independence Service

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Occupational Therapist for its client's Regaining Independence Service Team at Littlehampton.

This is an excellent opportunity to support adults in their own homes, helping them regain independence, achieve personal goals and improve their quality of life through short-term, person-centred reablement interventions.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Undertake comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments in customers’ homes.
• Establish meaningful, person-centred goals to maximise independence.
• Deliver specialist interventions to support reablement and functional recovery.
• Monitor progress and adapt support plans to achieve positive outcomes.
• Identify risks, assess functional needs and recommend appropriate equipment or interventions.
• Work collaboratively with reablement care providers and multidisciplinary health and social care professionals.
• Manage a varied community caseload and maintain accurate records.
• Apply evidence-based Occupational Therapy practice to support safe and independent living.

Contract Details: 

• Pay rate: £35–£37 per hour
• Grade: 10
• Contract: October 2026 – March 2027
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm
• Working arrangement: Hybrid, with at least one office day per week
• Travel: Community visits across West Sussex
• DBS: Enhanced check required

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Recognised Occupational Therapy qualification and current HCPC registration.
• Experience undertaking community-based assessments and interventions.
• Strong assessment, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, IT and organisational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexibility to travel across West Sussex for community visits.

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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