Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

What is the job role?

We are looking for an autonomous and motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Therapy and Equipment Service.

Both full-time and part-time hours will be considered.

You will work alongside customers with a wide range of disabilities including, physical, learning, and cognitive disabilities, providing planned programmes of therapeutic intervention to maximise functional ability, thus enabling the person to achieve optimum control of their lives, reduce dependency, and increase independence.  

You will be responsible for undertaking specialist functional assessments to establish if the customer meets the criteria for the provision of service. 

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for individuals who: 

• A qualified Occupational Therapist with experience in health and/or social care setting as a minimum of 2 years post qualifying. 
• Have experience working in major adaptations, complex moving and handling, and enablement. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills working with people, formal/informal carers, and health and social care professionals 
• Broad experience working with people with complex medical conditions and knowledge of multi-pathology 
• Complete comprehensive therapy strength- bases assessments and client-centred enablement plans. 
• Organising, prioritising caseload and delegating to Occupational Therapy Assistants to meet client–centred objectives 
• Self-motivated with a flexible approach 

Take a look at what we can offer you https://www.coventry.gov.uk/adult-social-work-jobs-1/adult-social-work-jobs/5

For further information please contact Victoria Bodycote / Naheed Khan  for an informal chat on 07811020437 / 07739624723.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council