Integrated Therapies Assistant

What's special about this opportunity? Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing. We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a 'Outstanding' rating overall, having being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.' Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel. We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most. About you: The Children and Young People's Integrated Therapies (CYPIT) service within Berkshire provides an integrated approach to supporting children and young people with a range of difficulties that benefit from, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language therapy. We are currently looking for a keen, enthusiastic individual with a special interest in supporting children and young people with a physical difficulty who may also have an associated learning difficulty to facilitate their development, ability to learn and participate in general school life and the wider community. All CYPIT staff are expected to have an understanding of the component therapies involved in supporting individual children and young people and will have the opportunity to develop skills across the therapy services. Integrated Therapy Assistants are key members of the CYPIT team providing essential support to enable our service to deliver a high quality therapy provision to Children and Young People in Berkshire. As an Integrated Therapies Assistant you will be expected to:. * To carry out a range of work tasks and interventions independently under the direction of a CYPIT Therapist (with and/or without direct supervision). * To contribute to and deliver support and training to schools, parents and carers as part of service delivery. * Be responsible for a specific defined workload as agreed with your allocated supervisor. This will involve planning, organising and documenting of key activities, as well as supporting any project work or service development. * Be responsible for specific defined tasks, which support the service provided by the therapy team. This will include contributing to the assessment as well as provision of direct therapy and training. CYPIT Integrated Therapies Assistants are supporting practitioners in their area of practice, receiving supervision from the wider, more experienced therapy workforce. They will contribute to the adoption of the Care Aims care planning approach, and are fundamental in supporting our integrated therapy model. The post holder will have a responsibility to access CPD, clinical audit, and in-service training within the specialist area, and may be asked to initiate and lead on some areas of service development. What's next? If you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, we'd love to hear from you. We are happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please don't hesitate to call Caroline Porter on 07795506030 or email: caroline.porter@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help. In addition to a competitive salary, as a valued member of our team, you will receive generous annual leave, have access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (available to all permanent staff over the age of 21), support with childcare and, as a respected member of the NHS, discounts from high street retailers and restaurants. We'd love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions. For further details / informal visits contact: Caroline Porter, telephone 07795506030, email Caroline.Porter@berkshire.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME