Therapy Assistant

2 weeks ago


Coventry, United Kingdom Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust Full time

Childrens and Young Adults Intensive Support Team

Therapy Assistant - Band 4

30 hours per week

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Are you passionate about working with children, young people with ASD/Learning disabilities and with mental health needs. If so, we would like to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Therapy assistant to be part of our Children’s and Young Adults Intensive Support Team for Coventry and Warwickshire. If you are a driven and passionate and want to work with Autistic children and young adults and/or children with learning disabilities who have additional mental health needs and are at risk of admission to hospital, then we want to hear from you.

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As a therapy assistant you will support the clinical team in carrying our clinical interventions, engagement with the young people and supervise the support workers. The clinical team compromises of clinical psychology, occupational therapists, nursing and support workers.

The team cover the whole of the Coventry and Warwickshire geographical area and the base will be Paybody, Coventry. The team currently work Monday to Friday 9-5 with expected flexibility to work 8-8 if there is a clinical need. The team currently follow a hybrid model of working remotely, in the community, or in one of the community bases.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

At CWPT we put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others. We have an extensive wellbeing package to support our staff both in and out of work and we offer generous annual leave entitlement. With excellent training and development opportunities, we believe in growing our talent to be the best they can be and strive to promote from within the organisation. We listen to the feedback of our staff and service users, to ensure everyone has a voice and is recognised and valued for their contribution.

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

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We will provide training and supervision from our experienced clinicians in order to provide you with the necessary skills. You will work alongside the clinical staff and also work without direct supervision within the family home and other community settings.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.



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