Occupational Therapy Lead
Gloucestershire
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Occupational Therapy Leads
- Job Location: Gloucestershire
- Salary: £48,226 - £51,356 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 26/07/2026
- Job Requisition Number: 14573
- This post is not open to job share
Are you passionate about supporting adults to live independently and achieve what matters most to them?
If you are committed to empowering individuals, promoting independence, and delivering high-quality, person-centred support then we would love to hear from you!
Our Adult Social Care Reablement Service is seeking a committed, compassionate, and skilled professionals to join our team working across Gloucestershire. If you are looking to develop your clinical expertise and progress into a leadership role, this is an excellent opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking service that places people at the centre of everything we do.
We are recruiting Occupational Therapy Leads (Grade 10). These opportunities are embedded within our reablement offer, applying strengths-based approaches and functional interventions to support people to “do for themselves” and achieve sustainable, independent outcomes. These roles form part of our ongoing service development, and the successful candidates will join a supportive and innovative environment where professional development is actively encouraged, and your contribution will have a meaningful impact.
About the team/service:
Our team plays a key role in supporting adults across Gloucestershire who have care and support needs as a result of illness, disability, or changing life circumstances.
You will support our Occupational Therapists to work across a range of settings, including community-based teams, locality services, hospital discharge pathways, and specialist services, supporting individuals to overcome barriers and maintain independence in their daily lives.
As an Occupational Therapy Lead, you will manage and take a lead role in the professional development of our Occupational Therapists through supervision, mentoring and offering advice. You will be expected to promote a culture of professional curiosity, encouraging accountability and role modelling this in your own best practice.
Our approach focuses on working in partnership with individuals to understand their goals and priorities, enabling them to achieve outcomes through practical interventions and effective support. Practice is underpinned by key legislative frameworks, including the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act, and the Human Rights Act, ensuring that the rights, wishes, and autonomy of individuals remain central to all decision-making.
This is a dynamic and evolving service, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
If you share our values and are committed to delivering high-quality Occupational Therapy that promotes independence, dignity, and positive outcomes, we will welcome your application.
To learn more about our Reablement Service, please watch our video.
Why Gloucestershire?
Enchanting Cotswold villages, picturesque countryside backdrops, and a never-ending selection of exciting days out, attractions and events; Gloucestershire really does have something for everyone. Gloucestershire is the perfect place to live and work with a great mix of rural and city locations. Find out more about living and working in Gloucestershire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Gloucestershire County Council. You can be confident of becoming part of welcoming, passionate, innovative, and highly supportive teams.
About you:
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See more about our Values on our website.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.
Please note: These roles require a full driving licence, along with a willingness to travel across the county (exceptions may apply in accordance with the Equality Act).
About us:
Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care practice the Three Conversation approach, a model that re-emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks and community around them.
Our Occupational Therapy Leads will do all they can to make the difference to local communities in Gloucestershire. Here are some of the benefits we offer in return for your hard work:
- Regular formal and informal support
- Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to training and workshops so you can develop your skills
- Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
- Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
We’re closer than you think:
We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean. For interested professionals located in Wales and Scotland, please contact us to discuss your application.
Applying:
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Description. This should include examples of why you should be considered and the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.
For an informal discussion, please email ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
To start your journey with us, click ‘Apply’ today!
Interview dates will be on either 6, 7 or 10 August 2026. Please ensure your availability.
Additional Information:
To access the Job Profile for these roles, please follow the link below:
Occupational Therapist Lead Job Profile
These positions are subject to an enhanced Adults DBS with Barred List check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in these roles. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.
By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.
*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.