Brainkind

Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 16 July 2025

Job summary

Therapy Assistant

Location: Lancashire

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week

Why join us?

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK.Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals.Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Main duties of the job

  • Together with the multi-disciplinary team responsible to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional needs are addressed.
  • To support service users with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, who have specialist palliative or neurological needs
  • Responsible to ensure that the service users individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged
  • Responsible to report status and variances in treatment and condition to the appropriate Therapist at the earliest opportunity and progress treatment as advised by the Therapist
  • Where appropriate, responsible to review, order and fit equipment and work with service users and their carers/family to demonstrate its safe use, either in the centre or in service users home
  • Responsible to liaise with service users and family members to help complete forms, gather information and co-ordinate interventions
  • To support the Therapy Team by completing administrative tasks such as gathering referrals, recording monthly activity data
  • Responsible to collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records in all formats, including written and electronic information systems

About us

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK.Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals.Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do youll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. Its a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

Details

Date posted

09 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0462-25-0050

Job locations

Brainkind

Teal Avenue

Fulwood

Preston

PR29BN


Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE:

To support the Therapy staff to provide high-quality holistic person-centred care and support to service users to reach their full rehabilitation potential.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Together with the multi-disciplinary team responsible to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional needs are addressed.
  • To support service users with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, who have specialist palliative or neurological needs
  • Responsible to ensure that the service users individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged
  • Responsible to report status and variances in treatment and condition to the appropriate Therapist at the earliest opportunity and progress treatment as advised by the Therapist
  • Where appropriate, responsible to review, order and fit equipment and work with service users and their carers/family to demonstrate its safe use, either in the centre or in service users home
  • Responsible to liaise with service users and family members to help complete forms, gather information and co-ordinate interventions
  • To support the Therapy Team by completing administrative tasks such as gathering referrals, recording monthly activity data
  • Responsible to collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records in all formats, including written and electronic information systems
  • Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

ABOUT YOU:

  • Educated to GCSE level or QCF Level II or equivalent in recognised health and social care qualifications.
  • Understanding of health/social care sector work
  • Experience of working with people in a care setting is desirable but not essential
  • Skilled in interacting with all types of people
  • Proven experience of working within a team
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Able to work within policies and procedures
  • An ability to work under supervision but also autonomously when appropriate
  • An ability to prioritise, organise and coordinate daily workload
  • An ability to build effective working relationships

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.

  • A competitive rate of £12.21 per hour
  • 33 Days AL
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Excellent training and support
  • Company Pension
  • Group life assurance
  • Eye voucher scheme
  • Long service and staff awards
  • Free parking

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE:

To support the Therapy staff to provide high-quality holistic person-centred care and support to service users to reach their full rehabilitation potential.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Together with the multi-disciplinary team responsible to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional needs are addressed.
  • To support service users with cancer or other life-limiting illnesses, who have specialist palliative or neurological needs
  • Responsible to ensure that the service users individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged
  • Responsible to report status and variances in treatment and condition to the appropriate Therapist at the earliest opportunity and progress treatment as advised by the Therapist
  • Where appropriate, responsible to review, order and fit equipment and work with service users and their carers/family to demonstrate its safe use, either in the centre or in service users home
  • Responsible to liaise with service users and family members to help complete forms, gather information and co-ordinate interventions
  • To support the Therapy Team by completing administrative tasks such as gathering referrals, recording monthly activity data
  • Responsible to collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate service user records in all formats, including written and electronic information systems
  • Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

ABOUT YOU:

  • Educated to GCSE level or QCF Level II or equivalent in recognised health and social care qualifications.
  • Understanding of health/social care sector work
  • Experience of working with people in a care setting is desirable but not essential
  • Skilled in interacting with all types of people
  • Proven experience of working within a team
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Able to work within policies and procedures
  • An ability to work under supervision but also autonomously when appropriate
  • An ability to prioritise, organise and coordinate daily workload
  • An ability to build effective working relationships

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.

  • A competitive rate of £12.21 per hour
  • 33 Days AL
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Excellent training and support
  • Company Pension
  • Group life assurance
  • Eye voucher scheme
  • Long service and staff awards
  • Free parking

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ABOUT YOU:
  • Educated to GCSE level or QCF Level II or equivalent in recognised health and social care qualifications.
  • Understanding of health/social care sector work
  • Experience of working with people in a care setting is desirable but not essential
  • Skilled in interacting with all types of people
  • Proven experience of working within a team
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Able to work within policies and procedures
  • An ability to work under supervision but also autonomously when appropriate
  • An ability to prioritise, organise and coordinate daily workload
  • An ability to build effective working relationships
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ABOUT YOU:
  • Educated to GCSE level or QCF Level II or equivalent in recognised health and social care qualifications.
  • Understanding of health/social care sector work
  • Experience of working with people in a care setting is desirable but not essential
  • Skilled in interacting with all types of people
  • Proven experience of working within a team
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Able to work within policies and procedures
  • An ability to work under supervision but also autonomously when appropriate
  • An ability to prioritise, organise and coordinate daily workload
  • An ability to build effective working relationships

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

Brainkind

Teal Avenue

Fulwood

Preston

PR29BN


Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

Brainkind

Teal Avenue

Fulwood

Preston

PR29BN


Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

09 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0462-25-0050

Job locations

Brainkind

Teal Avenue

Fulwood

Preston

PR29BN


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