RTS Assistant inCrowthorne inCrowthorne PUBLISHED 10 DEC 2023
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The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Male Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant (Band 3)
Currently the team are looking for team members with gardening or wood work skills. The rehabilitation of patients involves learning new skill and engagement in meaningful actives. Staff who work in these areas enjoy working with people and are aware that people take time as adults to learn new skills.
You will work with a minimum of three other staff in each session and work with the patients in simple tasks which give a sense of achievement.
In the wood crafts area, this could be a construction of a bird box, jigsaw cutting, wood turning lathe or pyrography engraving.
If in the horticultural area you could be working with patients in the greenhouse or the allotment area on seeding, weeding, grass cutting etc.
You will always work with two other staff who have a good knowledge of the patients who have a primary diagnosis of server mental illness or personality disorder.
The post is a face to face job and is very practical in nature but does involve sessions notes and in patient's records.
The RTS Assistant post is based in the Rehabilitation Therapy Service (RTS) within the high security setting of Broadmoor hospital.
The aim of the service is to engage, support and develop patients as part of their recovery through engagement in meaningful therapeutic activities.
The RTS assistant would work as part of a close team of staff who work together to provide a wide range of activities which help patients develop work skills. These skills could be personal organisation and time management, concentration on a task, following instructions or copying tasks.
These skills are developed through a variety of activities including wood craft skills, picture framing, professional publishing and printing and gardening skills.
The RTS assistant need to be able engage with patients and staff and support the process of the work ability sessions. It is helpful to have be able to learn practical tasks easily and to be a good communicator.
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The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Male Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant (Band 3)
Currently the team are looking for team members with gardening or wood work skills. The rehabilitation of patients involves learning new skill and engagement in meaningful actives. Staff who work in these areas enjoy working with people and are aware that people take time as adults to learn new skills.
You will work with a minimum of three other staff in each session and work with the patients in simple tasks which give a sense of achievement.
In the wood crafts area, this could be a construction of a bird box, jigsaw cutting, wood turning lathe or pyrography engraving.
If in the horticultural area you could be working with patients in the greenhouse or the allotment area on seeding, weeding, grass cutting etc.
You will always work with two other staff who have a good knowledge of the patients who have a primary diagnosis of server mental illness or personality disorder.
The post is a face to face job and is very practical in nature but does involve sessions notes and in patient's records.
The RTS Assistant post is based in the Rehabilitation Therapy Service (RTS) within the high security setting of Broadmoor hospital.
The aim of the service is to engage, support and develop patients as part of their recovery through engagement in meaningful therapeutic activities.
The RTS assistant would work as part of a close team of staff who work together to provide a wide range of activities which help patients develop work skills. These skills could be personal organisation and time management, concentration on a task, following instructions or copying tasks.
These skills are developed through a variety of activities including wood craft skills, picture framing, professional publishing and printing and gardening skills.
The RTS assistant need to be able engage with patients and staff and support the process of the work ability sessions. It is helpful to have be able to learn practical tasks easily and to be a good communicator.
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