Therapy Assistant

**Position**: Therapy Assistant
**Care home**:Fairburn Vale
**Location**: Wheldon Road, Castleford, WF10 2PY
**Contract type**: Full Time, 36 - 42 hours per week
**Rate**: £11.42 per hour
**Care home CQC rating**: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

**This is an exciting opportunity to join our in-house Therapy Team as our new Therapy Assistant at Fairburn Vale care home in Castleford.**

As a Therapy Assistant with us, you’ll work with our Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist to provide a high quality therapy service for the people we support.

You’ll play a key role in empowering people to build their everyday living skills and maximise their independence.

You’ll build relationships with the people you support, and see the progress they make through ongoing care, which is extremely rewarding.

**About Exemplar Health Care**:
Fairburn Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, brain injuries, physical disabilities and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

**About the role**:
Our Therapy Assistants work alongside our in-house Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Activities Team to provide therapy treatments and rehabilitation programmes.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

- providing a range of** therapy interventions **as part of the wider Therapy Team
- supporting people to achieve their **personal goals**:

- maintaining **accurate records** for people receiving therapy interventions
- promoting **choice, dignity and independence**.
- encouraging and supporting people to take part in **social activities**, both in and out of the home

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**About you**:
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re someone who also has:

- a kind and caring approach
- a sense of humour and fun
- a positive, can-do attitude
- lots of enthusiasm to encourage and motivate others
- creative thinking and sound organisational skills
- great listening and communication skills.

**What we offer**:
We offer great rewards and perks including:

- regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
- retail and lifestyle discounts
- free DBS check
- 24/7 counselling and support
- Blue Light Card eligibility.

**How to apply**:
Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.