Locum Occupational Therapist

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join its client’s Adult Social Care directorate, based in Ipswich, on a 6‑month agency contract. This role will support proactive reviews and assessments, playing a key part in reducing OT waiting lists and improving service efficiency.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

Provide safe and timely delivery of front‑line occupational therapy services across the directorate

Proactively undertake occupational therapy reviews and assessments

Support triage activity and reduce duplication between health and social care

Assist with occupational therapy waiting list reduction initiatives

Support external care providers to ensure safe and correct moving and handling practices

Review and rationalise care packages to ensure best value and appropriate equipment use

Review:

Double‑handed care packages

Waking night care packages

General care packages

Provide mutual aid to other occupational therapy teams as required

Complete Care Act–compliant assessments and reviews

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role, you must have:

Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Experience within Adult Social Care

Full UK driving licence (essential)

Strong moving and handling experience

Benefits:

£35 per hour (umbrella)

Hybrid working model

Long‑term contract with meaningful impact

Supportive, multidisciplinary environment

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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