Therapy Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

As one of UK's best employers, Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Therapy Assistant to join our multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of colleagues to support a young person and their family for 15 hours per week virtually, at their home and in the community.

Therapy Assistant

Hours:15 per week(2 days)

Salary:£12,364.80 per year. Displayed salary has already been pro-rated to number of hours worked. Full time equivalent salary is £30,912.00.

Location:Stockport, Greater Manchester

About the person:

• A smart, kind, gentle 11 year old girl who lives at home with her mum and cat.
• Currently not accessing a school but has a team of supporters supporting an Education Other Than School Package.
• School and education have been very tricky in the past and so its important to build up confidence and wellbeing and take time to recover and make connections.
• This person loves Taylor Swift, Melaine Martinez and K-Pop. Animals are very important to this person, especially their cat and dogs are a favourite too!
• This person is very skilled at video editing and technology.
• Current activities which are enjoyable are; shopping, crafts, lots of play, listening to music, gaming, making/watching videos, skateboarding and spending time with animals.
• This person is autistic and has ADHD. She has a positive self-identify around these diagnoses and celebrates being neurodivergent and being part of the neurodivergent community.
• This person has additional anxiety disorders that make her distressed by demands or feeling forced to do things, and this anxiety can lead to her not being able to communicate when she wants and needs to.

Under the direction from an advisory teacher with the input from the Psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy teams you will develop programmes of activity and provide these according to the young person's needs under the guidance of the team professionals.

You will provide advice, support and coaching for the young person and their family, under the guidance of the Therapy and Specialist Support (TSS) professionals. In addition you will attend meetings including MDT as required contributing to the young person's risk assessment and management plans ensuring that the young person is involved in their support planning wherever possible to facilitate their meaningful involvement in their progress.

About you:

• You have experience of supporting therapy programmes (as an assistant or other relevant role).
• You have experience of Continuing Professional Development.
• You have experience of working in specialist education.
• You have the ability to relate well to parents and carers.
• You are funny, energetic and have similar interests to this person.
• You like to be active and keep fit as a lot of the activities we do include running, jumping and climbing.
• You are understanding and accepting of peoples difference.
• You have patience and understanding when engagement is not possible.
• You are open to approaching things differently and taking the lead of the person.
• You are patient when it comes to building a connection, taking things slowly and learning from others in the team. This may take some time and thats ok.
• You have Internet access skills and basic knowledge of Microsoft office applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• You can drive and have access to a vehicle so lots of activities can be accessed.

Added bonus if:

• You have experiences and training relevant to work with neurodivergent children who experience anxieties.
• You are good with technology including video editing, gaming and digital art.

Benefits

• Annual Leave 27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years.
• Generous pension schemeand death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhancedmaternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.
• Inclusive networksfor colleagues to join if theyd like to (Disability & Neurodiversity Action group, Race Equality Network, Proud Together (LGBTQ+ group), Together for Men, Women Together).

If you are interested in this position and want to help theTogether Trust make a change please take a look at our full job description and apply for this rewarding role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We welcome applications from individuals who have the right to work in the UK. Currently, we are not providing sponsorship for overseas staff.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

Together Trust

Address

Stockport

SK8 1JE

Employer's website

https://www.togethertrust.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)