Children's Therapy Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a therapy assistant post within the Children's Therapy Team working full time hours based at Louth Hospital supporting children and their families in Louth, Skegness and the surrounding areas. Full training and support will be given to enable you to develop into a competent and skilled Children's Therapy Assistant.

You will join a friendly, dynamic, innovative and supportive children's team who meet regularly for training, peer support and clinical supervision. The team is passionate about improving outcomes and quality of life for children with physical disabilities and respiratory problems living in Lincolnshire.

Main duties of the job

This post will support the therapy team in the management of children with physical difficulties working across the disciplines of occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

The successful applicant will help to deliver therapy packages in the community and associated administrative and cleaning/housekeeping tasks under the supervision of the professional grades. They will also be required to support families as necessary in the home setting promoting good communication between school and home consolidating therapy advice.

This post requires a well motivated, enthusiastic, energetic individual with good communication and IT skills. Experience of working with children is essential.

The team has a proactive approach with emphasis on self-care, which helps to empower families and young people.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev