Children's Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our vibrant and innovative community children’s occupational therapy and physiotherapy services.

You will be based in the Cambridge area and your role will predominantly involve working within special school, clinic, home, and mainstream school/nursery settings supporting the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist.

As well as working within the special schools, you will also be visiting mainstream schools and local preschool settings and working within a clinic setting supporting OT and Physiotherapy. Children seen will have range of disabilities and developmental delays.

Your role is instrumental in supporting our therapists in the delivery of care to the children and families accessing the services which will include administration tasks. You will also carry out clinical interventions under the direction of the therapists.

There is a strong commitment from East of England community Trust for continued professional development for all members of staff.

Interviews will take place at: The Peacock Centre, Cambridge, CB1 3DF

Before applying for this vacancy please be aware of the salary threshold required for a certificate of sponsorship to be granted. Unfortunately overseas applicants who are new to care may not reach the minimum salary threshold to obtain a certificate of sponsorship

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 12\.6\.26

The post holder will be responsible to work flexibly to assist occupational therapists and physiotherapists in their clinical and administrative work, including data entry.

The post holder will carry out clinical interventions under the direction of the therapists in special school, clinic, home and mainstream school/nursery settings.

The client group is children and young people (0-19 years) with disabilities and developmental delays.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daphne Wessels Job title: Children's Occupational Therapist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0300 0295050

Alternative please contact Liz Thrower - [email protected]