Therapy Assistant

6 months ago

Kettering, United Kingdom North Northamptonshire Council Full time

About the role
**To work holistically with people to develop, implement and update support plans, in consultation with the therapists, to optimise independence and help minimise the risk of hospitalisation or residential care.**:
**To undertake low level assessments, as directed by the therapists.**: What will you be doing?
- Undertake functional assessments and deliver rehabilitation focused therapy to determine ongoing reablement needs, working within a defined support plan.
- Assess for, request and install low level equipment and order emergency repairs to maintain a person’s independence.
- Regularly review a person’s progress, monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of the support plan and making adjustments after discussion with a therapist. Where necessary make recommendations for ongoing care or to reduce/discontinue service provision, involving care providers and other professionals as required.
- Effectively manage and prioritise own day-to-day caseload _I _work schedule.
- To work within own level of competence and when additional expertise is required, to refer to a therapist to discuss the individual’s support plan.
- Demonstrate awareness of risk and complete Moving and Handling assessments and the implementation of safe moving and handling plans, in line with service standards and training provided.
- To work closely with care providers to support safe Specialist Moving and Handling principles.
- To support the therapy team when responding to urgent situations in the Community/Specialist Care Centre.
- Provide practical and emotional support to help a person optimize their level of independence and make onward referrals to appropriate services when needed.
- Maintain case records, including utilising departmental electronic record systems, to ensure consistency of support to people and to assist with the smooth running of the service.
- Maintain good links with local communities, the local authority and with other agencies, to enable people to benefit from the most appropriate services available.
- To participate within the Therapy Assistant administration tasks as part of the wider team and undertake various administrative duties to support the functioning of the therapy team.
- Engage within regular supervision and peer supervision to support own learning and development.
- When working within people’s homes or within the community to adhere to NNC and Local Lone working policies.
- Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

About you
Are you passionate about Occupational Therapy? Do you like helping people? Would you like to support people in our community?

We are looking to recruit an Therapy Assistant to join our vibrant, driven and hardworking team within Single Care and Manual Handling

About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

**Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.**
- We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete._

Our benefits
We offer:

- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

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