Paediatric Therapy Assistant

NHS; Margate; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Paediatric Therapy Assistant at a community health trust in East Kent. The role involves supporting children with complex needs through therapy delivery, working across various locations. The successful candidate will need a full UK driving license and will engage in both therapy and administrative tasks. The position is for 30 hours per week, with a focus on delivering high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a Senior Healthcare worker.
• Experience of working as part of a team in a community environment.

Responsibilities

• Support therapists with one-to-one and group therapy sessions.
• Perform administrative duties related to therapeutic support.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Foundation Degree Level study (Level 5)

Functional Skills at Level 2

Tools

Microsoft Office

E-Pay

E-roster

AT-P

CIS

Job description

Go back Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 21 May 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Paediatric Therapy Assistant to join our Children's Therapies team in East Kent (Primarily Canterbury and Thanet) The post for 30 hours per week.

The successful post holder will support children and young people with complex needs following an integrated model of therapy delivery to meet the child's speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy needs.

The post is based at both Greenbanks in Margate and the Children's Assessment Centre in Canterbury. The post holders will be required to work across venues in East Kent including special schools, so a driver's license is essential.

Main duties of the job

Therapy Assistants are involved in supporting therapists with sessions and also working autonomously in delivering one to one and group therapy sessions, delivering parent workshops / training.

The sessions will incorporate interventions overseen by the therapist to support the outcomes for the child and young person and will include a range of approaches related to the identified area of need and could include interventions for one or all of the disciplines.

The role will include administrative duties in conjunction with the therapeutic support provided such as resource making; link visits to settings; follow up contact with service users, clinical record keeping etc.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team [e-mail] the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of Foundation Degree Level study (Level 5) Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a Senior Healthcare worker Experience of working as part of a team Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (E-Pay / E-roster / AT-P / CIS)
• Experience of community environment

Knowledge

• Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE, Essence of Care
• Knowledge of up to date Paediatric clinical practice
• Understands the role and remit of a Band 4

Skills & Abilities

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) Ability to organise own work Ability to cope with change Ability to use own initiative

Personal Attributes

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice, Ability to work under pressure, Flexible and adaptable, Ability to manage emotionally challenging and sensitive situations

Ability to manage

• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures Ability to manage own time effectively

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum pro rata