Therapy Assistant in Ipswich

An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Therapy Assistant in IpswichPermanent part time position 22.

5 hours per weekPay rate £11.

44 per hourSpecialismAcquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s, 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 relationshipsKey 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 user’s 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 tasksFor more information, please call LKA Recruitment on (phone number removed) option 3 or email your CV to (url removed)