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Therapy Support Worker

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London

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GBP 22,000 - 28,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Join the Children's Therapies team as a Therapy Support Worker, supporting therapists in delivering vital care to children aged 0-19 years across diverse settings like hospitals and schools. This role involves direct patient interaction, administrative tasks, and teamwork to enhance children's therapy services.

Benefits

Career development opportunities
Flexible working options
Staff recognition scheme
Optional Cycle to Work scheme
Season ticket loan

Qualifications

  • Experience working with children is preferred.
  • Previous experience in a healthcare role highly valued.
  • Familiarity with UK healthcare delivery mechanisms.

Responsibilities

  • Assist qualified therapists and manage own patient caseload.
  • Perform administrative duties like documentation and resource management.
  • Work in various environments including hospitals and schools.

Skills

Communication
Teamwork
Organizational Skills
Empathy

Education

General Education to GCSE level
Care Certificate
Academic/NVQ level III qualification

Job description

Join our Children's Therapies team as a Therapy Support Worker at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, working with children and young people (age 0-19 years) and their families. Children's therapies includes Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Dietetics: at least half of the role is working within children's physiotherapy.

You will support our Children's Therapies Service across inpatient, outpatient and community settings--including Woodfield Child Development Physiotherapy Service. Working under the guidance of qualified therapists, you will help deliver high-quality therapy, including hydrotherapy, in a variety of environments such as children's wards and intensive care, outpatient clinics, special and mainstream schools, nurseries, and homes in North RBKC and Westminster.

You will provide essential administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the service. This includes organising resources, managing equipment, handling documentation, responding to enquiries, and contributing to efficient service delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to join a collaborative team, with training and supervision to support you to deliver therapy with children, either working one-on-one or in small groups.If you are caring, motivated, and eager to grow within an expert-led service--this could be your perfect next step.

Main duties of the job
  • Assist, support and work under the direction of a qualified therapist.
  • Manage own caseload of patients, with supervision.
  • Achieve, develop and maintain competencies through skills and knowledge development.
  • Record patient information in line with Trust guidelines.
  • Work effectively within the team, service and Trust.
  • Perform non-clinical and administrative duties within the service, as required.
  • Manage equipment, products and stock levels.
About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
  • General Education to GCSE level including English/ equivocal English qualification
  • Care Certificate
  • Theoretical and practical work-based training or holds academic/NVQ level III qualification.
  • Previous Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy / Speech and Language or Dietetic Assistant experience.
Experience
  • Experience of working with the public
  • Previous experience of caring for people in or outside of work
  • Demonstrates knowledge of health care delivery
  • Experience of administrative work e.g. photocopying, filing
  • Experience working in a team
  • Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the role of the relevant therapy professions
  • Experience in UK health care system
  • Knowledge of basic administrative processes
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.

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