Salary: £40,232
Closing: 19-Dec-2024
Location: Remote – with community working in the below regions
- Wiltshire
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Dorset
Successful applicants MUST be based in one of these.
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
At Help for Heroes, we help the Armed Forces community live well after service.
There are many ways we help veterans, their relatives, serving personnel, and people who worked alongside the UK military. We help people with their physical and mental health needs, and a range of welfare issues. Our support gives people the skills, confidence and knowledge to make a success of life after service.
And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).
As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are:
Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic.
We have an incredible opportunity for a Community Occupational Therapist to join our team. Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.
About You
Help For Heroes are looking for a highly skilled, professional, and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Very Seriously Injured (VSI) service. Are you a committed, flexible OT with a minimum of 2 years of post-graduate experience looking to expand your skills and could work with the Armed Forces Community? Ideally you have experience or an interest in brain injuries. If you could work independently but still enjoy having the support of a team, you could contribute your skills and experience to improve quality of life. Are you happy to embrace a flexible work pattern as the position will involve frequent travel to meet veterans in their own homes and communities. The role includes organisational commitments such as inductions, training and team meetings which require some overnight stays. Working with complex needs in particular brain injury and stroke rehabilitation is a large part of the role so experience in these areas would be beneficial.
About the Role
You will have the opportunity to with veterans and their families in their homes and local communities and support them with physical and mental health needs. By carrying your own caseload, working under the VSI Complex Case Manager, you will be able to identify barriers that are affecting veterans’ ability to be as independent as possible. You will be assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating Occupational Therapy interventions for those who have served our country and improving the quality of life of our Heroes. You will have the opportunity to be creative in your solutions and the community setting will allow you to address these needs in the best environment for the Armed Forces Community. This role would be ideal for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career and is keen to be at the forefront of evidence-based practice in a supportive team.
You will have an exciting opportunity to engage with the Veterans Mobility Fund (VMF) and utilise your knowledge on ensuring appropriate mobility equipment is sourced for our Veteran community.
About the Team
You will be joining the VSI team at Help for Heroes to provide community based Occupational Therapy input to armed forces veterans. We are resourceful in finding ways to deliver what is right and fair in the healthcare domain. Our aim is to champion the Armed Forces Community and to do this as one team of OTs and Registered Nurses. If you feel that you could join a team that is excited, confident and ready for tomorrow’s challenges this may be the role for you.
What we offer
To enable our employees to thrive in all aspects of their lives we proudly support flexible working practices. You can tailor your working day around work and private commitments, providing you always maintain a high standard of delivery to the team and our veterans. And there are also a wide range of other benefits we offer such as 29 days paid holiday, enhanced family friendly packages, health cashback plan.
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If you have any questions about the role or need further information please do not hesitate to contact us via email to jobs@helpforheroes.org.uk
