Senior Assistant Practitioner | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Polegate; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Therapy Assistant to work within the Complex Needs Team across East Sussex with hybrid-working. The role supports therapists, delivers interventions to children and families, and may include housing needs assessments as part of the post.

The position involves writing and communicating progress, delivering training, and undertaking basic equipment assessments under therapist guidance. Driving may be required for community visits.

Responsibilities

• To implement therapy intervention and programmes devised by a therapist for groups and/or individuals in a range of settings, e.g. schools, preschools settings
• To modify the interventions and programmes as appropriate, to meet the needs of individual children and their families/carers
• To deliver standardised training packages to parents/carers and other practitioners as part of a package of intervention
• To administer and score (where appropriate) formal and informal assessments to be interpreted with the support of a therapist
• To carryout assessment of basic equipment in child’s home, e.g. bath board, rails and toilet frame (specific to post)
• To carryout equipment checks and minor adjustments in a range of settings (specific to post)
• To independently provide written and oral advice regarding children’s progress following a period of intervention, within agreed serviceguidelines
• To engage in first line problem solving with families/carers as appropriate

Job description

Senior Assistant Practitioner | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Therapy Assistant to join our professional team.

To work independently as an Interdisciplinary Therapy Assistant (ITA) within the Complex Needs Team, with an emphasis on supportingequipment/adaptations OT, within the team under the guidance of, but not under the direct supervision of a therapist.

Will include housing needsassessments. Community working across East Sussex with hybrid-working.

• To implement therapy intervention and programmes devised by a therapist for groups and/or individuals in a range of setting, e.g. schools,preschool settings


• To modifying the interventions and programmes as appropriate, to meet the needs of individual children and their families/carers


• To deliver standardised training packages to parents/carers and other practitioners as part of a package of intervention


• To administer and score (where appropriate) formal and informal assessments to be interpreted with the support of a therapist


• To carryout assessment of basic equipment in child’s home, .e.g. bath board, rails and toilet frame (specific to post)*


• To carryout equipment checks and minor adjustments in a range of settings ((specific to post)*


• To independently provide written and oral advice regarding children’s progress following a period of intervention, within agreed serviceguidelines


• To engage in first line problem solving with families/carers as appropriate

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) 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], quoting 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.

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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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust