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Experience with acquired brain injuries and physical disabilities is desirable but not essential.
An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Therapy Assistant in Hitchin
Permanent full time position 37.5 hours per week
Pay rate £11.49 - £12.02 per hour
Specialism
Acquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntingtons disease, Parkinsons, and multiple sclerosis.
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.
Experience, Skills And Ability
Understanding of health/social care sector work
Experience of working with people in a care setting
Experience with acquired brain injuries and physical disabilities 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
Key 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
For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on option 3 or email your CV to
An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Therapy Assistant in Hitchin
Permanent full time position 37.5 hours per week
Pay rate £11.49 - £12.02 per hour
Specialism
Acquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntingtons disease, Parkinsons, and multiple sclerosis.
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.
Experience, Skills And Ability
Understanding of health/social care sector work
Experience of working with people in a care setting
Experience with acquired brain injuries and physical disabilities 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
Key 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
For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on option 3 or email your CV to