Paediatric Therapy Assistant
2 weeks ago
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit two Band 3 Paediatric Therapy assistants, to join our friendly and dynamic Children's therapy team working across Salford. The team includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistants and Administration staff and provide services to children from 0-19 with a variety of short and long term conditions which impact their mobility and independence. The posts are part time with the hours to be worked between 8:30 and 5:30 Monday to Friday. The post holder will be expected to be flexible within their working week to accommodate slightly earlier or later visits to meet the needs of the families we are working with. The posts are a 23 hours each, can be worked over 3 or 4 days and will involve working in schools, nurseries, patients homes and clinics across Salford.
These posts are part of the expansion of the service due to increased investment, with the aim of increasing the teams ability to provide hands on therapy to those children who require it, in addition to expanding our support, training and resources to families and professionals across Salford.
Our aim is to empower every member of our team to enable all children to achieve their potential. If this is something you aspire to do them we would love for you to join us.
All members of the team are also involved in service development and supporting the team to extend the reach of therapy across Salford.
These are varied posts and involve a mixture of administrative, non-clinical and clinical duties.
Non-clinical duties include; preparation and support of delegated clinics or care pathways, advice and guidance to parents and professionals on access to training and resources and reviewing progress, management of therapy resources and supporting audit and service development.
Clinical duties include working in various settings with children as part of the multi-disciplinary team alongside Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. This includes supervising therapy programmes at a group or individual level, assisting with functional activities e.g. dressing and assisting with mobility practice, supporting patients with the use of specialist equipment as well as completing administrative duties
We are looking for people with experience of working with children and supporting their development, alongside other professionals and ideally has experience of working with therapists.
It is essential that you are computer literate, a car owner and driver and are flexible, keen to develop and enjoy team working.
The Team has a strong focus on personal and team development of all members of the team. Additional in house training will be provided to support development of skills to enable the post holders to complete the more specialist parts of these roles. There are also monthly assistant meetings to promote learning and peer support.
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Salford is the place, which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of acute, community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.
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