Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Multidisciplinary Technician to join our Therapy Team, on a fixed term contract until 31st December 2025. This role will require the successful candidate to provide high quality MDT technician support, in order to promote the participation and functional activity of children and young people.
You will provide support to the therapies teams providing services to children, young people and their families accessing rehabilitation in Children & Family Services, supporting children to achieve their goals across daily living activities throughout the day.
Our inpatient rehabilitation service aims to promote evidence-based outcome focussed interventions, safe care, function and participation of children and young people accessing home, school and community life. As such, you will support the provision of therapy and psychology related goals, including specialist equipment, therapy resources and assistive technology, as well as provide support to goal directed independence, self-care, social, leisure and community activities
Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more Read more below
Main duties of the job
Role Requirements
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Interview Date: To be confirmed
About us
About Us
The Childrens Trust is
the UKs leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing
expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist
centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our
Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we
are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction
8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of:
Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is
highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable
range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment,
enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those
experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer
additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements
ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length
of service.
Other benefits include
free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train
stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation
(subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where
applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the
opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative
environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Skills and Responsibilities
- Provide high quality, evidence-based interventions for children and
young people attending The Childrens Trust Rehabilitation services and
accessing the Community Rehabilitation Service, in partnership with other members
of the multidisciplinary team, under the guidance of qualified therapists.
- Deliver suitable, individualised, 24hr therapy programmes/strategies,
which fit within the childs daily routine.
- Support the child throughout their daily routines to maximise
independence and participation.
- Support the therapies teams with measuring short term targets, through
using therapy outcome measurement tools e.g. Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS).
- Support 24hr rehabilitation, through integrated working with the MDT.
- Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal,
professional and all other requirements of The Childrens Trust.
- Work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team, the child
and their family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall
management of the child. This will
include any home/ school visits, professional child related meetings and
appointments, as required.
- Support social and leisure activities after session and at weekends,
embedding therapy advice within goal-oriented activities.
- Provide clinical cover across the service during episodes of staff
shortage/ heavy workload, to ensure effective service delivery.
- To be an autonomous technician, with responsibility for assisting with
assessment, treatment and planning, for an allocated case load of children/young
people, as directed through supervision.
- To manage a small case load of children and young people, under the guidance
of a qualified therapist/ member of the Therapies Team.
- Assist qualified therapists with clinical information for children/ young
people related reports, as required and assist with the collation of these in a
timely manner.
- Support the collation of childrens reports/ plans for children/ young
people, within the interdisciplinary team framework.
- Monitor equipment and stock for therapy departments and identify
resources for order.
- Complete equipment orders for therapy teams and contribute to future
equipment needs for service budgets.
- Complete LOLER inspections for slings, as and when required.
- Support children/ young people with leisure swims and therapists
delivering aquatic therapy in the therapy pool.
- Support the oversight of specialist equipment for the department.
- Demonstrate and model safe moving and handling practice in all contexts.
- Support the delivery of assistive technology interventions.
- Actively participate in meetings.
- Take minutes of meetings, if and when required.
- Support the delivery of an integrated service model supporting children
and young people to maximise their opportunity in learning and participating in
everyday activities.
- Work
flexibly across the site, as needed e.g. with the Childrens Trust School, in
the New Cheyne Centre and Children & Family Services.
- Demonstrate understanding of strengths and needs of all family members.
- Place the child, young person and family centre to our care, sharing
decisions, actions, family priorities and preferences.
- Recognise families as partners and co-produce decisions to personalise
education, health, therapy and care.
- Work as a holistic enabler to support education, health, therapy and
care.
- Support implementation of a waking day neurorehabilitation, maximising
opportunities for the child/young person to generalise learning and work on
goals across the waking day.
- Demonstrate
working knowledge of regulatory compliance e.g. CQC, Ofsted Care and Ofsted
Education frameworks, childrens home regulations and Keeping Children Safe in
Education (KCSIE).
- Work in a range of different environments
including residential houses, residential rehabilitation and undertaking local
community outings/trips.
- To undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and
abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
- Undertake other or additional duties that are within
your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time
to time.
Management of self and others
- Ensure health and safety regulations, safe use of equipment and storage
of materials is maintained.
- Adhere to confidentiality and information governance; ensuring children
and young peoples dignity, privacy and respect is upheld.
- Engage in Peer Support Sessions and disseminate new learning/ skills to
the wider team.
- Provide support and supervision for volunteers within area of
responsibility, providing motivation and support to achieve key objectives.
- Participate in the annual Performance Development Review and monthly
supervision sessions, as required by The Childrens Trust.
- Manage time effectively, ensuring prioritisation of workload appropriately
and delegate work, as required.
- Undertake all mandatory training, in-line with The Childrens Trust
Policy.
- Adequately prepare for Performance Development Reviews, identifying
learning objectives and setting targets; identify opportunities for
development, in order to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements.
- Participate in in-service competency training programmes and teaching
sessions, as appropriate.
- Assist in the Induction of new staff, students and other members of the
multidisciplinary team.
- Attend and proactively participate in monthly, formal supervision.
Communication
- Communicates effectively with children/young people (applying the
principles of consistent communication).
- Facilitate effective communication with families and members of the Multidisciplinary
team.
- Maintain clear and concise documents and records, in accordance with The
Childrens Trust Policies.
- Ensure documents are managed confidentially at all times.
Governance
- Read and implement all policies, procedures and risk assessments,
pertinent to working practice and keep up to date with policy changes as they
occur.
- Critically reflect on own performance and that of other staff, and use
this evaluation to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of future
practice.
- Actively support therapists with local clinical governance activities.
- Adhere to the policies and procedures of The Childrens Trust.
- Maintain professional boundaries and professionalism at all times.
Health and Safety
- Adhere to all Health and Safety guidelines, principles and regulations
required to perform the role and comply with The Childrens Trust policies and
procedures.
- Adhere to lone working guidelines.
- Provide evidence of a valid NHS Covid Pass or acceptable proof of Covid
vaccination or medical exemption and all vaccinations (or medical exemption)
required for the post.
- Adhere to manual handling procedures and complete mandatory manual
handling training.
- Promotes the health and safety of others.
- Uses the incident reporting and risk
assessment system (IRAR), to identify and report risks and incidents/actions if
directed.
- Responsible for identifying and mitigating
risk within the work environment.
Wellbeing and Emotional Resilience
- Maintains a positive approach and outlook when dealing with change
and overcoming challenges and problems.
- Recognises own limitations, develops realistic goals, and uses
support network resource when or if necessary.
- Treats challenges and problems as a learning experience.
- Remains organised and focused when under pressure.
- Responds appropriately and effectively to all constructive
feedback.
- Motivates self and others.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Skills and Responsibilities
- Provide high quality, evidence-based interventions for children and
young people attending The Childrens Trust Rehabilitation services and
accessing the Community Rehabilitation Service, in partnership with other members
of the multidisciplinary team, under the guidance of qualified therapists.
- Deliver suitable, individualised, 24hr therapy programmes/strategies,
which fit within the childs daily routine.
- Support the child throughout their daily routines to maximise
independence and participation.
- Support the therapies teams with measuring short term targets, through
using therapy outcome measurement tools e.g. Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS).
- Support 24hr rehabilitation, through integrated working with the MDT.
- Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal,
professional and all other requirements of The Childrens Trust.
- Work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team, the child
and their family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall
management of the child. This will
include any home/ school visits, professional child related meetings and
appointments, as required.
- Support social and leisure activities after session and at weekends,
embedding therapy advice within goal-oriented activities.
- Provide clinical cover across the service during episodes of staff
shortage/ heavy workload, to ensure effective service delivery.
- To be an autonomous technician, with responsibility for assisting with
assessment, treatment and planning, for an allocated case load of children/young
people, as directed through supervision.
- To manage a small case load of children and young people, under the guidance
of a qualified therapist/ member of the Therapies Team.
- Assist qualified therapists with clinical information for children/ young
people related reports, as required and assist with the collation of these in a
timely manner.
- Support the collation of childrens reports/ plans for children/ young
people, within the interdisciplinary team framework.
- Monitor equipment and stock for therapy departments and identify
resources for order.
- Complete equipment orders for therapy teams and contribute to future
equipment needs for service budgets.
- Complete LOLER inspections for slings, as and when required.
- Support children/ young people with leisure swims and therapists
delivering aquatic therapy in the therapy pool.
- Support the oversight of specialist equipment for the department.
- Demonstrate and model safe moving and handling practice in all contexts.
- Support the delivery of assistive technology interventions.
- Actively participate in meetings.
- Take minutes of meetings, if and when required.
- Support the delivery of an integrated service model supporting children
and young people to maximise their opportunity in learning and participating in
everyday activities.
- Work
flexibly across the site, as needed e.g. with the Childrens Trust School, in
the New Cheyne Centre and Children & Family Services.
- Demonstrate understanding of strengths and needs of all family members.
- Place the child, young person and family centre to our care, sharing
decisions, actions, family priorities and preferences.
- Recognise families as partners and co-produce decisions to personalise
education, health, therapy and care.
- Work as a holistic enabler to support education, health, therapy and
care.
- Support implementation of a waking day neurorehabilitation, maximising
opportunities for the child/young person to generalise learning and work on
goals across the waking day.
- Demonstrate
working knowledge of regulatory compliance e.g. CQC, Ofsted Care and Ofsted
Education frameworks, childrens home regulations and Keeping Children Safe in
Education (KCSIE).
- Work in a range of different environments
including residential houses, residential rehabilitation and undertaking local
community outings/trips.
- To undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and
abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
- Undertake other or additional duties that are within
your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time
to time.
Management of self and others
- Ensure health and safety regulations, safe use of equipment and storage
of materials is maintained.
- Adhere to confidentiality and information governance; ensuring children
and young peoples dignity, privacy and respect is upheld.
- Engage in Peer Support Sessions and disseminate new learning/ skills to
the wider team.
- Provide support and supervision for volunteers within area of
responsibility, providing motivation and support to achieve key objectives.
- Participate in the annual Performance Development Review and monthly
supervision sessions, as required by The Childrens Trust.
- Manage time effectively, ensuring prioritisation of workload appropriately
and delegate work, as required.
- Undertake all mandatory training, in-line with The Childrens Trust
Policy.
- Adequately prepare for Performance Development Reviews, identifying
learning objectives and setting targets; identify opportunities for
development, in order to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements.
- Participate in in-service competency training programmes and teaching
sessions, as appropriate.
- Assist in the Induction of new staff, students and other members of the
multidisciplinary team.
- Attend and proactively participate in monthly, formal supervision.
Communication
- Communicates effectively with children/young people (applying the
principles of consistent communication).
- Facilitate effective communication with families and members of the Multidisciplinary
team.
- Maintain clear and concise documents and records, in accordance with The
Childrens Trust Policies.
- Ensure documents are managed confidentially at all times.
Governance
- Read and implement all policies, procedures and risk assessments,
pertinent to working practice and keep up to date with policy changes as they
occur.
- Critically reflect on own performance and that of other staff, and use
this evaluation to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of future
practice.
- Actively support therapists with local clinical governance activities.
- Adhere to the policies and procedures of The Childrens Trust.
- Maintain professional boundaries and professionalism at all times.
Health and Safety
- Adhere to all Health and Safety guidelines, principles and regulations
required to perform the role and comply with The Childrens Trust policies and
procedures.
- Adhere to lone working guidelines.
- Provide evidence of a valid NHS Covid Pass or acceptable proof of Covid
vaccination or medical exemption and all vaccinations (or medical exemption)
required for the post.
- Adhere to manual handling procedures and complete mandatory manual
handling training.
- Promotes the health and safety of others.
- Uses the incident reporting and risk
assessment system (IRAR), to identify and report risks and incidents/actions if
directed.
- Responsible for identifying and mitigating
risk within the work environment.
Wellbeing and Emotional Resilience
- Maintains a positive approach and outlook when dealing with change
and overcoming challenges and problems.
- Recognises own limitations, develops realistic goals, and uses
support network resource when or if necessary.
- Treats challenges and problems as a learning experience.
- Remains organised and focused when under pressure.
- Responds appropriately and effectively to all constructive
feedback.
- Motivates self and others.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and young
- people with complex disabilities.
- Competent skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, & Excel.
Desirable
- Typical child development.
- Working knowledge of childhood disability.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE or equivalent in Numeracy and Literacy.
Desirable
- Post graduate course e.g. PMLD, Makaton.
- NVQ Level 3.
- IT Qualification.
- Aquatic Therapy training.
- Lifeguard.
- LOLER qualification.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Competent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good time management.
- Ability to prioritise and plan work/ manage a small case load.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and the children.
- This may include one weekend day a month and early evening working (no On Call requirement).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children or adults with acquired brain
- injuries or complex needs or neurodisability.
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a Therapy Technician.
- Experience of working with specialist therapy equipment e.g. specialist seating, slings, personal care.
- Experience of delivering leisure swims or aquatic therapy for children with complex needs.
- Experience of working in the community.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to the vision and Promises of The Childrens Trust.
- Flexible and can do attitude to competing commitments in workload.
- Highly motivated and reliable.
- Ability to cope working in a demanding environment.
- Commitment to maintaining personal wellbeing and the wellbeing of
- colleagues.
- Driver with access to own vehicle for work use.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and young
- people with complex disabilities.
- Competent skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, & Excel.
Desirable
- Typical child development.
- Working knowledge of childhood disability.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE or equivalent in Numeracy and Literacy.
Desirable
- Post graduate course e.g. PMLD, Makaton.
- NVQ Level 3.
- IT Qualification.
- Aquatic Therapy training.
- Lifeguard.
- LOLER qualification.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Competent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good time management.
- Ability to prioritise and plan work/ manage a small case load.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and the children.
- This may include one weekend day a month and early evening working (no On Call requirement).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children or adults with acquired brain
- injuries or complex needs or neurodisability.
- Experience of working with children, young people and their families
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as a Therapy Technician.
- Experience of working with specialist therapy equipment e.g. specialist seating, slings, personal care.
- Experience of delivering leisure swims or aquatic therapy for children with complex needs.
- Experience of working in the community.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to the vision and Promises of The Childrens Trust.
- Flexible and can do attitude to competing commitments in workload.
- Highly motivated and reliable.
- Ability to cope working in a demanding environment.
- Commitment to maintaining personal wellbeing and the wellbeing of
- colleagues.
- Driver with access to own vehicle for work use.
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.
