Mobility Assessor

Job Description

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 5 July 2021

Closing Date: Sunday 27 June 2021

Supporting Statement

As part of the application process, you must provide a Supporting Statement which tells us how your skills, knowledge and experience make you a good candidate. This should be uploaded where you see Supporting Documents and URLs "upload CV". We know this is confusing and we are working to resolve it, however we only want a supporting statement and not a CV. Without this supporting statement, your application will not be progressed. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/howtoapply.

Job Details

We believe that everyone deserves to lead as independent life as possible and to assist with this the Blue Badge scheme offers on-street parking concessions for severely disabled people who experience the greatest barriers to their mobility when seeking access to community-based facilities. If appointed, you will play your part in enabling people with the most significant walking impairments or those at risk in traffic to maintain or regain a degree of mobility independence.

Under the leadership of the Lead Consultant, you will have a range of responsibilities including:

• Undertaking assessments/reviews for Blue Badge applicants, adults, children and older people (unable or virtually unable to walk/are a risk in traffic) and communicating outcomes.
• Supporting the Assistant Mobility Assessor and other members of the Blue Badge Team.
• Contributing to the development of the service to meet service priorities in terms of performance and service delivery.

A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

If you meet the essential qualification criteria outlined below, we would like to hear from you:

• A recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy at minimum of SCQF level 9.
• Registration with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Relevant post qualification experience with evidence of transferrable skills.

You will require to use expert clinical reasoning to make independent decisions, demonstrating your knowledge of professional practice models, values and standards. You should have experience of assessing mobility of older people, adults and children, working as part of a team, highly developed communication skills and using electronic information management systems.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles with homeworking continuing until September 2021. Beyond that we are working to introduce a blended approach that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.

For further information please contact: Tony McRae - tony.mcrae@fife.gov.uk