Salary: £38,220 to £42,839 per annum
Grade: JK
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week (flexible working will be considered)
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Be part of a prevention-focused team making a real difference
Are you an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about early intervention, prevention, and empowering people to live independently?
We are looking for innovative and motivated OTs to join our Towns Locality Teams in Harrogate and Selby, where you’ll play a key role in a service that prioritises keeping people well, reducing reliance on formal care, and supporting individuals to live their best lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a forward-thinking, strengths-based service, where your skills will have a direct impact on preventing crisis, reducing hospital admissions, and promoting long-term independence.
About the role
As part of our Occupational Therapy service, you will:
- Work with people at the earliest opportunity to maximise independence and reduce escalating needs, delivering person-centred, goal-focused assessments and interventions
- Provide expert advice on equipment, adaptations, assistive technology, and housing solutions
- Play a key role in identifying and supporting major adaptations, including recommendations for Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) to help people remain safely at home
- Support individuals to remain independent within their own homes and communities for longer
- Promote health, wellbeing, and self-management
- Carry out moving & handling and risk assessments
- Work collaboratively with partners across health, housing, and voluntary and community services
You will be based in either the Harrogate or Selby locality, working flexibly across community settings, including people’s homes.
You may also have opportunities to work across different parts of the service, supporting your ongoing development and broadening your experience.
What we are looking for
We are keen to hear from OTs who:
- Hold a Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Are HCPC registered
- Are passionate about prevention, early intervention, and enabling independence
- Have experience of assessment and intervention with adults
- Use a strengths-based, person-centred approach
- Have strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Can work independently and as part of a team
- Are able to travel across North Yorkshire
If you bring enthusiasm, creativity, and a commitment to improving outcomes, we want to hear from you.
Benefits of Working for NYC
- Flexible working practices including working from other locations and from home.
- A market-leading pension scheme
- Generous leave entitlement
- Retail, travel and leisure discounts and salary sacrifice discount schemes through our Everybody Benefits offer.
- Commitment to staff development and continuous learning
- Progression and career-enhancement opportunities
- Access to modern technologies to aid flexible working practices.
- As a Mindful Employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting your mental health and wellbeing at work, find out more on the Mindful Employer website
- Green travel loan scheme which offers interest-free loan towards an annual season ticket to get you from home to work.
- In addition to in-house occupational health services, preferential rates on a private health scheme are available through payroll deductions.
- Staff who use a computer as a regular part of their job are entitled to a free eye test and potentially computer-specific glasses.
Want to know more?
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact telephone Selina Hart, Operational Manager on 01609 798039 or email [email protected]
If you’re ready to be part of a service that is proactive, preventative, and truly person-centred, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Documents
Job Description Occupational Therapist Grade JK.docx
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Key Dates
Closing Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026
Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 17 June 2026
Interview Date: Monday 22 June 2026
***DBS***
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
