Based at County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar.
This job is workstyle 4 - Hybrid
You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our Occupational Therapy team.
Based at County Buildings, Forfar you will cover the Forfar and Kirriemuir locality as well as travelling throughout Angus for work purposes, assessing the needs of disabled children, adults and older people with various physical and mental health disabilities.
Please note that we will accept applications from students in the final stage of their Occupational Therapy course. Any offer would be subject to confirmation of your qualification and your HCPC registration being in place. There may also be an opportunity for additional hours to work full time.
You will use your Occupational Therapy knowledge and skills base to provide advice and support to the person, family members, carers and other professionals. You will also be responsible for recommending a range of solutions including equipment and adaptations and will be required to support provision where required with written assessment and plans.
We are looking for individuals who have excellent communication skills who have the ability to work alone as well as part of a team.
Opportunities for continuous personal development (CPD) are encouraged with regular supervision and support provided. There will also be opportunities to undertake development work in relation to manual handling.
For informal, enquiries, please contact Leigh Ann Gilchrist, Acting Team Manager, [email protected] or telephone 07799617475.
Please note interviews will be held Thursday, 23 July 2026.
You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.
Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.
In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.
We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.
We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:
Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.
