What sets our Occupational Therapy teams apart is the sheer diversity of the work.
Join us and you could find yourself making an impact in housing, community sector coalition, commissioning, provider quality, organisational safeguards, mental health or learning disabilities, to name a few.
“I’d like to encourage occupational therapists from all practice areas and backgrounds to come forward and apply to join our Return to Practice programme.
We value all the experiences you bring with you, in your personal and professional life, and we will wrap the support and learning opportunities around you, so that you can refresh and regain your therapy skills, and help Essex residents achieve meaningful occupations and better lives.”
Alex Laidler, Principal Occupational Therapist
Applications for our current cohort are now closed. For more information on our next programme, please email work.placements@essex.gov.uk
Hear from our previous Returnees
When you return to practice, it’s like flicking on a switch; it all comes flooding back.
2023 Returnee
Meet Deborah
Deborah returned as an Occupational Therapist in 2020.
More from our OT’s
As part of Occupational Therapy Week 2023, we asked some of our OT’s to give an insight into the work they do – Jessie and Michael’s experience is fascinating.
You can read their blog by clicking on the image below:
ECC on the Community Care Podcast
Alison, Phil and Ganiyat spoke about Anti-racist practice in a recent podcast with Community Care.
You can listen to the podcast in full by clicking on the image below:
Recruitment timeline
| Application window open | Our Return to Practice Programme is open for applications in January and June. When the application window is open, you can submit your application, including your CV, by clicking here. Once we have received your application, we will be in contact to discuss your requirements and answer any questions your may have. If you would like further information, please send an email to work.placements@essex.gov.uk where a member of the team will be happy to assist you. |
| Interview technique workshop | To help those of you who may be feeling a little nervous at the thought of going through an interview process again, we’ll be hosting online workshops to provide guidance for successful interviewing. |
| Interviews | Your interview will be held in person at your preferred office location and will consist of a case study and a question and answer style interview. There will be at least two people on the interview panel and a member of the Entry to Work Team will attend the interview with you to support you throughout. |
| Interview Outcome | During this week, you’ll be notified of the outcome of your interview and offers will be made to successful individuals. Should you not be successful, you’ll be provided with comprehensive feedback on your interview to aid your future applications. |
| Compliance | Once you have accepted your conditional offer of employment, your file will be moved over to our Employment Vetting Team to process pre-employment checks. You’ll be assigned an Employment Vetting Officer who will be your single point of contact throughout this process. |
| Programme Start | You will join ECC as either a Wellbeing and Independence Practitioner (ASC) or a Family Support Worker (C&F) while you complete your re-registration. You will be provided with a detailed training schedule and be invited to attend our Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) induction programme. The induction day has been designed to welcome all new joiners to Social Care and will provide you with information and tools that will support you in your new role. |
Looking for further information? Head back to the Return to Practice home page.