Therapy Assistant - SMHT

What will you be doing?

• Undertake functional assessments for people with a wide range of complex medical conditions, working within a defined support plan as directed by the therapists.  

• Demonstrate awareness of risk and complete Moving and Handling assessments and the implementation of safe moving and handling plans, in line with service standards and training provided. 

• Regularly review a person’s progress, monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of the support plan and making adjustments after discussion with a therapist. Where necessary make recommendations for ongoing care or to reduce/discontinue service provision, involving care providers and other professionals as required.

• Assess for, request and install low level equipment and order emergency repairs to maintain a person’s independence.

• Effectively manage and prioritise own day-to-day caseload I work schedule.

• To work within own level of competence and when additional expertise is required, to refer to a therapist to discuss the individual’s support plan.

• To work closely with care providers to support safe Specialist Moving and Handling principles.

• To support the therapy team when responding to urgent situations in the Community.

• Provide practical and emotional support to help a person optimize their level of independence and make onward referrals to appropriate services when needed.

• Maintain case records, including utilising departmental electronic record systems, to ensure consistency of support to people and to assist with the smooth running of the service.

• Maintain good links with local communities, the local authority and with other agencies, to enable people to benefit from the most appropriate services available.

• To participate within the Therapy Assistant administration tasks as part of the wider team and undertake various administrative duties to support the functioning of the therapy team.

• Engage within regular supervision and peer supervision to support own learning and development.

• When working within people’s homes or within the community to adhere to NNC and Local Lone working policies.

• Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

About you

Are you passionate about Occupational Therapy?  Do you like helping people? Would you like to support people in our community?

We are looking to recruit a Therapy Assistant to join our vibrant, driven and hardworking Specialist Moving and Handling Team.  You will be supporting the therapy team by completing low level functional assessments, working to defined care and support plan using a strengths-based approach.  Experience of people moving and handling and a knowledge of equipment would be desirable, however, training will be provided as part of the Induction process.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Chloe.tomascak@northnorthants.gov.uk 

01536 859999

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)