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Therapy Assistant | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Mawrth 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Ebrill 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Multiple locations in Kent, ME17 4AH |
| Cwmni: | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7051442/846-7051442-UJ |
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We have a number of exciting opportunities for Therapy Assistants to join our Children's Therapies team across East, West, Mid and North Kent including: Canterbury, Dover, Ashford and Swale Districts.
The post holders will support children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) across community and education settings, Family Hubs and clinics within a specific district. This post also requires close collaboration with the Health Visiting team to support the delivery of the Early Language Identification Measure (ELIM) targeted Intervention package, Family Hubs and Early Years Practitioners.
As there are a number of hours available, we are considering full or part time working and are open to flexible working arrangements.
Therapy Assistants support clinicians in delivering ‘Specialist therapy interventions, and also deliver their own one-to-one and group therapy sessions under the supervision of SLTs.
Therapy Assistants may also be involved in ‘Universal’and ‘Targeted’ work, by working with families and professionals in the community and education settings, by offering preventative packages to children and young people, and by rolling out training programmes in collaboration with other health partners. The role also includes administrative duties such as resource making, follow-up contact with service users, clinical record keeping etc.
Specifically, to the post holder’s involvement supporting the delivery of the ELIM targeted intervention package, the post holder would need experience:
• Working with parents/carers and families of pre-school aged children with SLCN
• Coaching and empowering parents/carers to support their child’s SLC within the home environment and in everyday activities
• Using communication skills to work in partnership with parents, Health Visiting and Early years settings
• Organise and plan their time to deliver intervention packages flexibly to meet the individual needs and be efficient with record keeping.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
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Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Mar 2025