About The Service
The Cardiff and Vale Joint Equipment Service (JES) Team is looking to employ an Occupational Therapy Technician based at our warehouse, Units 2 & 3 Lambourne Crescent, Cardiff Business Park, Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5GF.
The Council Joint Equipment Service team provides equipment to people within Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. We order, deliver, collect, and maintain a wide range of mobility aids to help people live as independently as possible within their own homes.
Equipment is ordered by health care professionals, such as District Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapists and includes a wide range of items from specialist beds and hoists to bathing equipment and seating and walking equipment used by children is schools.
The successful applicant will work as part of a team to deliver a first-class service.
About the job
You will be responsible for the collection, delivery, and installation (where required) of equipment designed to assist people with disabilities in their own homes. Bulkier items (e.g., profiling beds, hoists etc) would require the post holder to work as a member of a two-person team. All requests for delivery/installation are instigated by a clinical team member after an assessment of the clients needs, an order for delivery is then processed by the JES admin team and collected, delivered, installed by an in-house team of which this post would form a part.
What We Are Looking For From You
The position is a physically demanding one and you will need to be capable of carrying out a wide range of manual handling activities (lifting, pulling, pushing etc.).
All work schedules are managed with the use of handheld devices so an understanding of mobile technology/apps is essential. The post requires you to operate small commercial vans (under 7.5T) and a clean driving licence is therefore essential.
You will be delivering and entering into vulnerable residents homes and a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check is another essential requirement of the position.
Additional information
If after reading the job description, you have any questions about the role please contact Sean Hall – Warehouse Manager 07971 065896.
When completing your online application, you should tailor your application to the role in the Supporting Information section, stating how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the Person Specification. You should also state how you meet any desirable criteria as we may use these to shortlist should we receive a large volume of applicants meeting all the essential criteria. The Supporting Information section of the online application form is limited to 4,000 characters – you can upload additional Supporting Information but please do not submit a CV as this is unlikely to provide the information needed. Please read the guidance on how to apply.
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Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Standard check.
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.
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