Senior Therapy Assistant, Community Health - Hybrid Role

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

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.