Freedom of information response
Occupational Therapists
1. Do you employ Occupational Therapists in your Council?
2. Do you have a Principal Occupational Therapist in your Council? If not, why not?
If yes, please provide their pay scale.
If yes, please specify does their work cover both children’s services and adult social care? If the role only covers either children’s services or adult social care, please specify which.
3. Do you have a Principal Social Worker in you Council? If not, why not?
If yes, please provide their pay scale
If yes, please specify does their work cover both children’s services and adult social care? If the role only covers either children’s services or adult social care, please specify which.
4. Does your Principal Occupational Therapist complete other roles in addition to their Principal Occupational Therapy role? If yes, please specify what other roles they complete.
5. Does your Principal Social Worker complete other roles in addition to their Principal Social Worker role? If yes, please specify what other roles they complete.
6. Please can you provide a copy of the job description for your Principal Occupational Therapist? If this is not possible, please provide an overview of the core elements of the role.
7. Please can you provide a copy of the job description for your Principal Social Worker? If this is not possible, please provide an overview of the core elements of the role.
8. If your Principal Occupational Therapist(s) and Principal Social Worker(s) are not paid equitably, please state why?
1. Do you employ Occupational Therapists in your Council?
Yes
2. Do you have a Principal Occupational Therapist in your Council? If not, why not?
If yes, please provide their pay scale. – we have senior practitioner occupational therapists Grade F - adults
If yes, please specify does their work cover both children’s services and adult social care? If the role only covers either children’s services or adult social care, please specify which.
3. Do you have a Principal Social Worker in you Council? If not, why not?
If yes, please provide their pay scale – The role of PSW absorbed into a wider Head of Service role – this is the case for both Adult’s Services and Children’s Services.
If yes, please specify does their work cover both children’s services and adult social care? If the role only covers either children’s services or adult social care, please specify which.
4. Does your Principal Occupational Therapist complete other roles in addition to their Principal Occupational Therapy role? If yes, please specify what other roles they complete.
The POT role covers a team manager function with Adult Social Care and service lead for OT services (inclusive of Integrated Community Equipment Loan Services), Sensory Services, Disabled facilities Grant Services and Tech Enabled Care Services.
5. Does your Principal Social Worker complete other roles in addition to their Principal Social Worker role? If yes, please specify what other roles they complete.
The Principal Social Worker is the Head of Social Work Support, Adult Social Care. Linking in with senior leadership and workforce to improve and provide excellent practice to the residents in line with legislative requirements, national and local policies, statutory guidance and the council’s transformation programme.
6. Please can you provide a copy of the job description for your Principal Occupational Therapist? If this is not possible, please provide an overview of the core elements of the role. Attached
7. Please can you provide a copy of the job description for your Principal Social Worker? If this is not possible, please provide an overview of the core elements of the role. Attached
8. If your Principal Occupational Therapist(s) and Principal Social Worker(s) are not paid equitably, please state why? Same Salary