Therapy Assistant

Tadley Court School are recruiting for Therapy Assistant to join our Education team now! We are looking for a versatile, resilient and committed person, who can adapt their practice wherever necessary to support across all key stages.

Our Benefits Include

• Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
• Blue Light discount card
• Flexible working
• Hybrid opportunities
• Free parking
• Comprehensive induction
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Paid for enhanced PVG/DBS
• Wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and more!
  
  

Our school is set in a beautiful semi-rural location with four acres of well maintained grounds. We are a day school with six associated Children's Homes specialising in the education and care of children and young people between the age of 4 and 19 years who are diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum with associated learning difficulties. Our children and young people may also exhibit challenging behaviour as a result of their communication difficulties and lack of social understanding. We offer a free minibus service from Basingstoke to the school (and return) for all staff.

Duties

The role of the Therapy Assistant is to work within the Therapy Team across all disciplines to support our learners to achieve their outcomes in line with their ECHP. Duties will include:

• Assisting trained clinicians with the preparation, planning and delivery of group and one-to-one occupational therapeutic and recreational activities
• Observing recording and reporting to the assigned clinician as appropriate
• Creating appealing visual resources for sessions
• Managing a caseload of students
• planning, running, and recording 1:1 and group therapy sessions across various therapies
• Assists with the assessment and transition of new learners ensuring they are familiar with the environment
• Creation of initial supporting documentation such as Individual Placement Plans and Provision Maps
• Ensures the effective, timely and accurate updating of clinical records, case files and computerised information systems as directed while responding to routine enquiries and standard requests for information in accordance with policies and procedures
• IT Skills such as word and excel to contribute to surveys, the collection, analysis and presentation of data and information as directed
• To collate the agenda for and take notes from the weekly therapy meeting
  
  

As part of Aspris Children’s Services we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress!

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want education to be a job for life, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

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