Therapy Assistant

3 weeks ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for two Band 4 Therapy Assistant posts within North West Kent Children's Therapies.

You will be working with the Health Visiting team using the Early Language Identification Measure (ELIM) tool within the 2 - 2 ½ year health and wellbeing reviews across Kent to support early identification of SLCN.

The post holder will be delivering the early intervention package with parents/carers of children identified by the tool. You will also work in close liaison with the Senior Public Health Assistants (SPHAs) delivering the reviews.

The ELIM sessions will be held within the local Children's Centres as follows:
0.3wte Sevenoaks
0.5wte Dartford

The post holder will be working within children's services already and have an understanding of local offers and will already and demonstrate experience working within this clinical area.

**Including**:

- Working with pre-school aged parents and families with SLCN
- Have experience of coaching and empowering parents to support their child’s SLC within the home environment and in everyday activities
- Have the communication skills to work in partnership with parents, Health Visiting and Early years settings
- The ability to organise and plan their time to deliver intervention packages flexibly to meet the individual needs and be efficient with record keeping.

Staff will be required to work in the community and local knowledge of the wider system to signpost families is desirable.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Our career pathways will help you achieve your aspirations

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.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

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

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging 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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