Therapy Assistant

**Job Description - Therapy Assistant**

External

 The children, young people and adults we support

 The Relatives, advocates and others of the children, young people and young adults we support

 Placing Authorities and Service Providers

 Registration, Regulatory and Inspection bodies

 Local Services - Statutory, Voluntary and Community

**Key Responsibilities**:
Clinical

 To work under the supervision of an appointed qualified Clinician, this might have a specialist focus,

including Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy or Psychology Therapy; or a combination

depending on the needs of the service(s)

 To contribute to assessments as requested by the Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead and supervising

clinicians

 To observe and interact with the children, young people or adults in the service(s) offering support,

providing observation and interaction reports to the Clinical Team

 Follow up discussions with staff members and children, young people or adults in the service(s) to provide

support and monitor progress

 Opportunity to develop individual and/or group work with the children, young people or adults in the

service(s) as appropriate and under agreement and supervision of the qualified clinicians

 To contribute to the evaluation of the progress made by the children, young people or adults in the

service(s)

 To contribute to the management of risk under the supervision of a qualified clinician

 To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive intervention records in line with standards of

practice

 To ensure appropriate confidentiality

 To prepare and maintain therapy resources and equipment as required

 Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidenced-based practice, developing specialist knowledge of

particular conditions and presentations

 To liaise with and provide advice and support to education / residence staff

 To liaise with outside agencies e.g. social service, health, and voluntary agencies, to communicate a pupil's

needs

 To write appropriate reports, counter-signed by a qualified clinician

 To build relationships and work in partnership across the teams with the children, young people or adults in

the service(s) we support.

**Teaching, Training and Supervision**:
 Under supervision, to support and deliver training to other members of staff

 Participate in the staff supervision and appraisal scheme and be responsible for complying with your agreed

personal development programmes to meet set knowledge and competencies

 Be an active member of the organisations' training programme by attendance at, and participation in,

training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, workshops and seminars

Policy and Service Development

 To keep up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues

 To support the Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead to promote, support, initiate, implement and evaluate

agreed service developments and projects, drawing on the analysis of needs, using evidence based

evaluation of outcomes and following best practice guidance

**Job Description & Responsibilities - Therapy Assistant**

 To participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and generate written protocols and policies concerned with the

delivery and development of clinical services

 To be responsible for the prudent efficient and effective use of equipment and resources

Administrative and IT

 To support the organisation, co-ordination and minute taking of internal case conferences and other

meetings as required

 Management of clinical files

 To be competent in the use of basic IT packages such as Microsoft Word and Excel

 To develop a skill base in the administration and analysis of a range of packages as required

 To maintain the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report

writing

**Research and Service Evaluation**

 To contribute to the measurement and evaluation of work and current practices

 To contribute to relevant research as agreed with the Clinical and Wellbeing Locality Lead

General

 Exercises vigilance in respect of Health and Safety and promptly report all hazards and/or remedying them

where appropriate. Undertake all duties in a manner calculated to minimise or avoid unnecessary risks,

personally or to others

 Operates at all times in accordance with company policies and procedures, with particular reference to

Safeguarding, Child Protection, Whistleblowing, Complaints and Representations and Behaviour Policies

 To actively participate in internal a