Occupational Therapy Assistant

Proposed Interview Date: 9 September 2025

Closing Date: 17 August 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £30,691.29 to £33,732.26

Working Pattern: 18 hours per week

Location: County Buildings, Cupar, Fife

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed . Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement

Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapy Assistant working with adults and older people in their home environments. You will be responsible for undertaking outcome focused assessments to identify intervention that will enable people to be as independent and safe as possible in everyday tasks. This will include recommendation and instruction in the safe use of assistive equipment and minor adaptations.

You will be responsible for organising your own caseload. Lone working is intrinsic to the role. You will be responsible for the completion of accurate and timeous documentation. You will be part of the team duty rota and prioritise requests for assessment.

You will have support and regular supervision from an Occupational Therapist in the team. Occupational Therapy Assistants are valued in the team for their contribution, knowledge and skills base.

The Community Occupational Therapy teams have an integral role within the Health and Social Care partnership in supporting and maintaining individuals within their own communities and homes. To facilitate this, we work in partnership with a range of other stakeholders, both formal and informal. Therefore, excellent communication skills are essential as well as the ability to demonstrate a flexible approach.

The Person

You will require experience and skills transferrable to carrying out assessments that focus on individual outcomes, strengths and risk factors.

Please see the role profile for description of all essential and desirable skills, knowledge and experience.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.