Apprentice Therapy Assistant

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as an Apprentice Therapy Assistant, where you will support the therapy for children and young people. This role involves working within the community and hospital settings, contributing to patient care with guidance from experienced therapists. Successful candidates will undergo training to obtain an Advanced Level 3 qualification, developing essential skills in a nurturing environment.

Benefits

Extensive range of learning opportunities

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement (27 days plus bank holidays)

Comprehensive health and wellbeing support

Discounts on restaurants, shopping, and finance

Qualifications

• Completion of 2 GCSE's including English and Maths.
• Commitment to the Advanced Senior Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside therapists managing shared patients and independently managing own caseload.
• Complete joint assessments and document within patients' records.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Time Management

Education

2 GCSE's grade 'C' or above including English language and Maths

Commitment to complete Advanced Senior Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship

Job description

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Posted:

17.06.2025

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01.08.2025

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Job overview

Apprentice Therapy Assistant Children's Therapy

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Children’s Therapy Team, working alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants to provide therapy for children and young people in a variety of settings, both within hospital and the community, including special schools. The team offer therapy for children and young people with a wide range of physical and learning needs.

Conditional progression to Band 3 post upon completion of Level 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker Apprentice within 27 months of commencing post and subject to further informal interview

All Advanced Apprentice Therapy Assistants will complete an induction programme and the Care Certificate upon starting in the role. It is essential that you then achieve an Advanced Level 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker qualification within 27 months of commencing this post which includes attendance at Doncaster College 2 days per month as part of the 20% off the job training that will be provided.

This is a supervised post. You will be allocated a mentor throughout the 27 months apprenticeship to supervise and support you with your learning.

If you are caring, hardworking, self-motivated and able to motivate others; and wish to be part of our Children’s Therapy team, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to work alongside therapists in the management of some shared patients completing joint assessments, but also independently managing your own patient caseload. You must have great communication and time management skills and be able to prioritise taking into consideration the variety of patients’ needs and have the ability to be flexible and to work as part of a team. You will be able to follow instructions as well as being able to show initiative and to work independently. Documentation is an integral part of the role and you will be expected to document within patients’ records. Computer skills are essential as you will be accessing patient details and ordering equipment on the Clinical Therapy Information systems.

Working for our organisation

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas. Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it’s our pledge to help you Develop , Belong and Thrive , Here .

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement commencing at 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

• 2 GCSE’s grade ‘C’ or above, or equivalent, including English language and Maths
• Commitment to work towards completion of the Advanced Senior Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship over 27 months
• Nationally recognised training course(s) relevant to post

Experience

• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of working with children
• Experience working acute/ outpatient/community settings
• Experience of working as a Physiotherapy / OT Assistant
• Experience working in health care environment
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team

Interpersonal Skills

• Good communication and listening skills with an understanding of the needs of people with disabilities and their carers
• Leadership skills including empowerment of others
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Ability to take direction from others
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear, accurate and logical manner
• Ability to reflect on own practice
• Able to work as a team member
• Flexible
• Reliable

Organisational Skills

• Ability to organise own workload and assist others to manage their caseloads
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services
• Ability to comprehend and work within Trust’s policies to meet the differing needs of patients and carers, including Data Protection, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety
• Ability to keep accurate and legible records

Other

• Ability to undertake the physical requirements of the post
• Full Driving Licence
• Access to own transport

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