Therapy Assistant
Posted 10/07/2024 by LKA Recruitment
An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Therapy Assistant in Hitchin
Permanent full time position 37.5 hours per week
Pay rate £11.49 - £12.02 per hour
We do not currently offer any sponsorship opportunities for this role, if you are not a UK resident, you will need to be able to provide a valid right to work
Specialism
Acquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis.
Purpose
To support the Therapy staff to provide high-quality holistic person-centred care and support to service users to reach their full rehabilitation potential.
Experience, Skills and Ability
• Understanding of health/social care sector work
• Experience of working with people in a care setting
• Experience with acquired brain injuries and physical disabilities is desirable but not essential
• Skilled in interacting with all types of people
• Proven experience of working within a team
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Able to work within policies and procedures
• An ability to work under supervision but also autonomously when appropriate
• An ability to prioritise, organise and coordinate daily workload
• An ability to build effective working relationships
Key Responsibilities
• Together with the multi-disciplinary team responsible to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional needs are addressed.
• To support service users with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, who have specialist palliative or neurological needs
• Responsible to ensure that the service users’ individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged
• Responsible to report status and variances in treatment and condition to the appropriate Therapist at the earliest opportunity and progress treatment as advised by the Therapist
• Where appropriate, responsible to review, order and fit equipment and work with service users and their carers/family to demonstrate its safe use, either in the centre or in service user’s home
• Responsible to liaise with service users and family members to help complete forms, gather information and co-ordinate interventions
• To support the Therapy Team by completing administrative tasks such as gathering referrals, recording monthly activity data
• Responsible to collect, collate, evaluate, and report information, maintaining accurate service user records in all formats, including written and electronic information systems
• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks
For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on (phone number removed) option 3 or email your CV to (url removed)
Permanent full time position 37.5 hours per week
Pay rate £11.49 - £12.02 per hour
We do not currently offer any sponsorship opportunities for this role, if you are not a UK resident, you will need to be able to provide a valid right to work
Specialism
Acquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis.
Purpose
To support the Therapy staff to provide high-quality holistic person-centred care and support to service users to reach their full rehabilitation potential.
Experience, Skills and Ability
• Understanding of health/social care sector work
• Experience of working with people in a care setting
• Experience with acquired brain injuries and physical disabilities is desirable but not essential
• Skilled in interacting with all types of people
• Proven experience of working within a team
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Able to work within policies and procedures
• An ability to work under supervision but also autonomously when appropriate
• An ability to prioritise, organise and coordinate daily workload
• An ability to build effective working relationships
Key Responsibilities
• Together with the multi-disciplinary team responsible to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional needs are addressed.
• To support service users with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, who have specialist palliative or neurological needs
• Responsible to ensure that the service users’ individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged
• Responsible to report status and variances in treatment and condition to the appropriate Therapist at the earliest opportunity and progress treatment as advised by the Therapist
• Where appropriate, responsible to review, order and fit equipment and work with service users and their carers/family to demonstrate its safe use, either in the centre or in service user’s home
• Responsible to liaise with service users and family members to help complete forms, gather information and co-ordinate interventions
• To support the Therapy Team by completing administrative tasks such as gathering referrals, recording monthly activity data
• Responsible to collect, collate, evaluate, and report information, maintaining accurate service user records in all formats, including written and electronic information systems
• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks
For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on (phone number removed) option 3 or email your CV to (url removed)
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- 09/07/2024
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- EB-54
- Job ID:
- 221976389
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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