Main Responsibilities

• Under OT supervision, visit homes, nurseries and schools to review, adjust and arrange appropriate postural management and moving and handling equipment.
• Provide clear instruction to carers on safe use of equipment such as seating, bathing, toileting and sleep systems.
• Plan and deliver individual and group therapeutic activity programmes within therapist-led care frameworks.
• Support parents and carers across a range of multi-agency settings.
• Implement, demonstrate and review intervention programmes for school staff, parents and volunteers, adapting activities and providing training as needed.
• Work at times independently to assess progress, modify programmes and arrange equipment within agreed limits, reporting outcomes to the supervising therapist.
• Communicate routine, complex and sensitive information with tact, using adapted strategies to overcome communication barriers.
• Collaborate with families, carers and professionals, negotiating decisions around client care with support from senior clinicians.
• Share assessment findings and management plans with school staff, carers, families and the wider interdisciplinary team.

Ideal Candidate

• FdSc Health and Social Care (Associate Practitioner)
• Literacy and numeracy skills
• Knowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses, in-house training and experience to diploma level or equivalent
• Clear accurate recording and reporting skills
• Ability to use MS office applications, e-mail, Systmone
• Organisation skills
• Demonstrate ability to work under pressure and use own initiative
• Demonstrate flexible and positive approach to team working and ability to adapt to change within working situation
• Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
• Demonstrate practical, analytical and judgement skills in patient care relevant to care group
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Motivational skills E.g. health coaching
• Ability to plan and lead groups

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

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