Therapy Assistant
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,102.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24102.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Holgate, YO26 4GG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0260-25-0082 |
Summary
Business responsibilities: Maintain ethos and culture of Nimbuscare. Positively promote Nimbuscare. Support Line Managers as required. Adhere to Health & Safety and educate staff within your role. Apply Nimbuscare policies, standards and guidance. Safeguarding Everyone within Nimbuscare has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults-at-risk (vulnerable adults), children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Be fully aware of and understand your duties and responsibilities arising from the Childrens Act 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, in relation to child protection and safeguarding children and young people. Be fully aware of and understand your duties and responsibilities arising from the DOH Policy No Secrets (2000), and the principles of safeguarding as they apply to Adults-at-risk (vulnerable adults) in relation to your work. Recognise the types and signs of abuse and neglect. Ensure the Nimbuscare Safeguarding Lead is alerted to, and kept fully informed of, any concerns you may have in relation to safeguarding adults, children and young people. Adhere to Nimbuscare and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Adult policies and procedures. Confidentiality: While seeking treatment, customers entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that you will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of your duties outlined in this Job Description, you may have access to confidential information relating to customers and their carers, Nimbuscare staff and other healthcare workers. You may also have access to information relating to Nimbuscare as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to customers, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of Nimbuscare may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Nimbuscare policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Be aware of your responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Health & Safety: You will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Nimbuscare Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to guidelines. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. Making effective use of training to update your knowledge and skills. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards. Reporting potential risks identified. Equality and Diversity: You will support the equality, diversity and rights of customers, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Nimbuscare procedures and policies, and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of customers, carers and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Quality: You will strive to maintain quality within Nimbuscare, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Work within own limitations and experience. Be aware of and co-operate with audit. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Portray a professional image at all times. Communication: You should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members. Communicate effectively with customers and carers. Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. This list of duties is not exhaustive