Technician (Assistive Technologies)

The Children's Trust; Tadworth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zest benefits platform

on-site nursery

free eye tests

enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

time out days for menopause symptoms

time off for gender reassignment

additional annual leave days (35–41)

free on-site parking

staff shuttle service from Epsom and S

subsidised cafeteria

on-site staff accommodation

NHS pension (where applicable)

Teacher’s pension (where applicable)

career development opportunities

Job summary

The Children’s Trust in Tadworth is seeking a Technician (Assistive Technologies) to support multidisciplinary teams with assistive and neuro technologies. You will procure, install, maintain devices, log actions, and assist therapists with assessments while enabling safe participation for children and young people.

This on-site role offers dedicated staff benefits and opportunities to work across therapy, education, and school services within our UK-wide charity.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing assistive and neuro-technology devices.
• Ability to configure and set up devices for children.
• Experience maintaining and logging equipment records.

Responsibilities

• Support child-facing staff in implementing assistive and neuro technology to improve participation.
• Procure, prepare, set up, maintain devices and log actions in a digital record.
• Work on planned preventive maintenance to ensure equipment is safe to use.
• Configure vocabularies, apps, activities to enable participation through latest technology.
• Provide training to staff on assistive technology skills and knowledge.
• Support queries from educational, health and therapy staff.
• Assist with demonstrations and trials of new neuro-technology.
• Deliver high-quality interventions under qualified therapists.
• Maintain records in line with legal and organisational requirements.

Skills

Assistive technology

Neuro technology

Maintenance & setup

Staff training

Documentation

Job description

The role of Technician (Assistive Technologies) is to play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based support across multidisciplinary teams within the areas of assistive technology and neuro technology. The focus of this role is to support the delivery of outcome-focused interventions that promote safe care, functional independence, and active participation for children and young people through the use of assistive technology (for example AAC, switches, powered mobility and environmental controls) and neuro-technologies (e.g. robotics, anti-gravity, virtual reality, wearable technology).

You will primarily provide technical support to therapy teams, education staff, and other professionals involved in supporting children, young people, and their families. This involves the procurement, integration, asset management, and maintenance of assistive and neuro technologies to ensure effective and coordinated care. The role will also support therapists with assessments and interventions, with you working collaboratively with health, therapy, and education professionals.

This role is not open to sponsorship.

Staff benefits include shuttle bus, and more…

Role Requirements

• Support child-facing staff in the implementation of assistive and neuro technology into existing routines to improve participation
• Support the assistive and neuro technology teams with the technical procedures required to bring devices safely into the hands of the children who need it. This includes the sourcing, preparation, set up and maintenance of devices, and logging these actions on a digital record
• Work as part of the AT team on our planned preventative maintenance schedule to ensure equipment is working and safe to use.
• Work with child-facing staff to make and amend vocabularies, configure apps, create activities, and innovate in the AT space to ensure all children have opportunities to participate fully through the latest technology.
• Provide training to the child-facing staff on fundamental assistive and rehabilitation technology skills and knowledge, while advancing your own skills.
• Support and troubleshoot queries from educational, health and therapy staff.
• Support work with device developers in neuro-technology to support demonstrations and trials in practice of new technology.
• Support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions for children and young people attending The Children’s Trust School and Rehabilitation Services, under the supervision of qualified therapists.
• Maintain accurate and appropriate records of interventions, in line with legal, professional, and organisational requirements.
• Operate as an autonomous technician, responsible for the maintenance of assistive and rehabilitation equipment across the site.
• Monitor equipment and stock levels for therapy departments, identifying items for replenishment; process equipment orders as required.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to document and minimise risk of harms encountered when children and young people use assistive and rehabilitation technology.
• Support the management and oversight of specialist equipment across therapy teams.
• Work flexibly across different areas of the site, including the School, New Cheyne Centre, and Children & Family Services.
• Actively participate in team and service meetings.
• Support data collection for audits, service evaluation and outcome data related to usage and effectiveness of assistive and neuro technology.

Interview Date: TBC

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including,

• Zest; our staff flexible benefits platform
• on-site nursery
• free eye tests
• enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms
• time off for gender reassignment
• Additionally, we offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
• free on-site parking
• staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court
• subsidised cafeteria
• on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability)
• the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable)
• Teacher’s pension (where applicable)
• the opportunity to join an alternative scheme
• the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.