1. Do you employ Occupational Therapists in your Council?
Yes
2. Do you have a Principal Occupational Therapist in your Council? If not, why not?
If yes, please provide their pay scale.
Yes – L7 on the Leadership pay scale
If yes, please specify does their work cover both children’s services and adult social care? If the role only covers either children’s services or adult social care, please specify which.
Adults only.
3. Do you have a Principal Social Worker in you Council? If not, why not?
If yes, please provide their pay scale.
Yes, we have a Childrens’ and Adults’ Principal Social Worker roles.
Pay scale graded as L7 on the Leadership pay scale.
If yes, please specify does their work cover both children’s services and adult social care? If the role only covers either children’s services or adult social care, please specify which.
Adults only.
4. Does your Principal Occupational Therapist complete other roles in addition to their Principal Occupational Therapy role? If yes, please specify what other roles they complete.
Yes leadership of and budget holder for the Community Equipment service. Line management of community equipment operational lead; Line Management of 3WTE Disability practice leads (Grade L8)
5. Does your Principal Social Worker complete other roles in addition to their Principal Social Worker role? If yes, please specify what other roles they complete.
Workforce leadership
6. Please can you provide a copy of the job description for your Principal Occupational Therapist? If this is not possible, please provide an overview of the core elements of the role.
Job Description – Principal Occupational Therapist
7. Please can you provide a copy of the job description for your Principal Social Worker? If this is not possible, please provide an overview of the core elements of the role.
Job Descriptions – Principal Social Worker – Adult Care and Health Operations
Job Description – Principal Social Worker – Commissioning
8. If your Principal Occupational Therapist(s) and Principal Social Worker(s) are not paid equitably, please state why?
The Principal Social Workers across adults and children’s services and Principal Occupational Therapist are all graded at L7.