Therapy Assistant

Provide Community Therapy is a rehabilitation service supporting the needs of the Mid Essex Community. The service comprises of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy assistants.We have bases at St Peters Hospital Maldon and Braintree Hospital. We are a friendly, supportive Team working together for the best outcomes of our patients. If you want to be part of our Team, please see the below requirements. We look forward to meeting you.
- To contribute to the assessment and treatment of patients both individually and in groups in patients own home, other community settings and community wards.
- To support the Therapists to deliver treatment plans with patients who may have acute, chronic, or multiple pathologies, with the aim to reduce the impact of disability and ill-health.
- To assist the Therapists in promoting a patient’s return to independence in their home environment
- To assist in the provision of equipment to patients.
- The role requires lone working and the post holder to travel independently by car around the designated locality.
- To undertake some administrative functions including ordering supplies, managing stock levels, and registering new referrals.

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
**Vision**: Transforming Lives

**Values**: Care, Innovation and Compassion

**Mission**: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

Eligible for NEST Pension

For full details and to read over the job description and person specification please see attached Job Description document.