Therapy Assistant - Occupational Therapy Stockport, England
Job description
Job Summary:
To work as a member of the Children’s Therapy Services (CTS) team, working under the guidance of qualified occupational therapists, to provide treatment for children with physical and developmental difficulties that have required a referral to therapy services. This will be difficulties with functioning in motor skills.
To liaise with other health, education and social services staff, working in partnership with primary carers and external agencies to ensure delivery of a high quality service.
The postholder will work as part of a team to deliver specialist therapy programmes set by qualified therapists to children with complex needs. The post-holder will work with children holistically and incorporate appropriate activities into sessions, to meet the child’s wider developmental needs, including communication, physical skills, sensory needs, play skills and medical needs. In addition, the postholder will be responsible for adjustment of basic seating/toileting equipment in a variety of community settings.
The postholder will work alongside and liaise with relevant professionals regarding progresses and adjust therapy plans and delivery accordingly.
This post is community based; the post holder may travel to a variety of settings, e.g. nurseries, schools, clinics, special schools and children’s own homes.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
To provide therapy to children as directed by qualified therapists, this can include therapy programmes.
You will be expected to liaise with other therapy staff, qualified and non-qualified, other staff in the team around the child, parents and most importantly the child / young person themselves.
To provide clinical admin support to therapists to support their clinical duties.
To be responsible for carrying out activities and planning activities once the aims are provided by the therapist.
To work without direct supervision and / or on another site e.g. school, liaising with other agencies and organising / negotiating own appointments and modelling therapy.
To be accountable for own actions and recognise own boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate including second opinions and onward referrals.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
