Therapy Assistant

**Full Job Description**:
**_Work less hours to do the stuff you love doing_**

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**Location: Castle Garden School, Guildford**

**Salary: £18,000 - £19,500 per annum**

**Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Monday
- Friday 8am - 4pm**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only**

**About the role**

We are looking for a therapy assistant to join our Clinical Hub working as a key integrated member of our clinical and education team at our brand-new Castle Garden School in Guildford.

In this role you will be responsible for supporting the onsite clinicians by being an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Our onsite clinical team will consist of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychotherapy. Under the supervision of a clinician, you will work both independently and jointly with other professionals to deliver; 1:1, group and whole school interventions for our Autistic children and young people. You will also be responsible for the administration duties of the clinical team.

Our well-established multidisciplinary Clinical Hub maintain a nurturing and loving environment where our children can flourish. Always putting our children and young people at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our children and young people are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

When it comes to looking after our children, we strive for excellence, which is why we are the leading children services provider in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for a therapy assistant who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

**Location: Castle Garden School, Guildford**

**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 October 2021, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the third year running.

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

Essential Criteria:

- 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 children and young 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

**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 children and vulnerable young adults 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.