Therapies Assistant

4 weeks ago


Kirkby Lonsdale, United Kingdom Acorn Education and Care Full time

**Full Job Description**:
**Does working 4 days a week but with FULL pay sound like a dream?* T&C's apply**

**It doesn't have to be Have a better work/life balance and come and work for Outcomes First Group**

**Job Title: Therapies Assistant**

**Location: Underley Gardens School, Lancashire**

**Salary: £19,000 - £22,000 (dependent on experience)**

**Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm Term Time only**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Essential: Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle required plus right to work in the UK**

**About The Role**

The role will be based in a multi-disciplinary clinical and wellbeing team, including Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy. You will be joining a dedicated team of professionals to support the people within our Underley Gardens School based in Lancashire.

You will be working closely with our education and care staff teams who support our people, as well as the families of those people. You will be responsible for providing evidence-based assessments and interventions under the supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist to better understand and support our people's needs and to support them to engage in meaningful activities and interactions. You will be instrumental in creating communication profiles, contributing to placement plans and delivering a range of interventions. This role also includes observations in care and school settings, co-facilitating staff training with other members of the Clinical Team, attending multi-agency meetings and on-going service development. There are also regular opportunities for continual professional development, through our internal specialist forums and funding for external training opportunities.

**Who we are looking for.**

We are looking for a Therapies Assistant who has experience of working with people with special educational needs. We are looking for someone who is independently motivated whilst working under the supervision of a qualified clinician. Someone who enjoys working creatively to develop bespoke interventions to meet the specific needs of our most complex pupils and has a dynamic approach to problem solving will be perfect for this role.

**Location: Underley Gardens School, Lancashire**

Welcome to Underley Garden School

**About the Group**

Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of special needs education and care. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.

We are really proud to say that in 2023, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fourth year running.

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Care and Options Autism.

Essential Criteria:

- 5 x GCSE’s Grade C or above, including English
- Experience working as a therapy assistant or in a similar role would be advantageous
- Experience of working within an educational setting would be advantageous
- Skilled in working as part of a team
- Knowledge and understanding of working with Autistic people
- Ability to carry out both 1:1 and group sessions under supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, complex, technical and clinically sensitive information to the specific client group, their carers and families and a wide range of professionals outside the service
- Excellent organisational skills and experience completing administration tasks for a team would be advantageous
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle required plus right to work in the UK

**Why work for us?**

Alongside working with a network of clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options.

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

**And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the people in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.**

**Job ID: 237950**

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