Assistant Children’s Integrated Therapy Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Edgware, United Kingdom Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated therapy assistant to join our Integrated Therapy team working alongside and being supported by experienced therapists within our team comprising of SLT.

You will work both independently and alongside Therapists, other assistants, education staff and families to deliver therapy, training and advice for children and young people with a range of needs.

You will benefit from being part of a supportive, experienced group of staff providing a clinically effective service to children and young people and their families in Barnet.

Main duties of the job

Your key responsibilities will include:

Working within one or more Pathways:

Speech, Voice & Dysfluency Pathway Language and Hearing Impairment Pathway Social Communication Pathway Complex Specific Pathway Motor Skills and Sensory based needs Pathway.

Supporting children's integrated therapists in the role of early identification and prevention for children with therapeutic needs through observation, providing information, directing to services

Delivering therapy programmes to individuals or groups in Clinics, Schools, Nurseries and Children's Centres reporting back progress and informing the Integrated therapy team.

Working as part of a multi-professional team in partnership with families.

Jointly setting and reviewing targets.

Monitoring and recording progression and measuring outcomes.

Delivering planned training with parents and professionals online, and in Clinics, Schools, Nurseries and Children's Centres.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day to day allocation of work. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register. To evaluate the quality of own work in own area and raise quality issues and related risks with the appropriate people Person Specification

Education

Essential

minimum of 5 GCSE's or equivalent Application form Evidence of clinical development and learning related to therapies.

Desirable

NVQ level 2/3

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Good organisational skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

At least two years experience working with Children and Young people Evidence of continued development and learning in a therapy area An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities Ability to communicate with children with impaired communication, Ability to support children with physical and sensory difficulties. Able to demonstrate empathy and motivate children with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses

Desirable

General Knowledge of child development

Other

Essential

To be aware and demonstrate the trust values To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

Desirable

Car driver

Demonstration of Trust Values

Essential

Putting people first Prioritising quality Being progressive, innovative and continually improve Being professional and honest Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity and choice

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