Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Whalley, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information about Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
The therapy assistant will support the work of the Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapists in working with adults with learning disabilities in both LSCFT inpatient settings and the community. They will be an effective member of the Specialist Community Learning Disability Team; working within the individual packages of care.
The post holder will have experience of working within patient facing roles, possibly alongside or with Occupational Therapists and/or Speech and Language Therapists, working with people with learning disabilities including those with complex needs.
The post holder will work under the direction of a qualified Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist within the Specialist Network, specifically working with the individual packages of care. The assistant will be required to carry out interventions as required by the therapists to support treatment programmes devised by a qualified therapist.
The post holder will work with a delegated caseload working within the service user’s homes.
The assistant will be required to work closely with the service user to carry out therapy techniques and treatments, to demonstrate these to service users / families and or carers. The therapy assistant will be required, to carry out detailed observations and feedback responses to therapists. The assistant will be working on an individual basis and may be required to support delivery of training by the specialist learning disability team.
As part of our service developments, we are developing an inpatient service line within the learning disability services. Initially we will be supporting 4 inpatients at Whalley with a future additional acute LD inpatient service to complete the line.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Therapy Assistant for the LD inpatient service to provide support to the 4 individuals at the Whalley site.
This post will provide support to both senior Occupational Therapists and to Senior Speech and Language Therapists, providing the successful applicant with a wide variety of experience and varied duties working as a valued member of the MDT.
If you are an enthusiastic Therapy Assistant with experience of supporting people with behaviours that challenge and with complex needs, this post offers an exciting opportunity to develop clinical skills and further shape the development of the service.
You will receive regular clinical & professional supervision from senior Occupational Therapy / Speech and Language Therapy staff and you will also benefit from being a member of the Learning Disability AHP Specialty as well as the wider community within LSCFT.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts. For all posts which require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure & Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Care is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (especially those with experience of accessing mental health, or Learning Disability Services or caring for someone who has accessed mental health services or Learning Disability Services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. The organisation is proud to be listed as one of the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers and our HR department holds the Lancashire LGBT Quality Mark. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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£25.15k - £27.6k per annum
