Allied Health Professions Support Worker

Job summary

You will work in the North Lincolnshire community learning disability team alongside the multidisciplinary team. You will work across the Allied Health Professions (AHP) Team alongside your other AHP support worker colleagues, providing high quality healthcare support, assisting in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care as designated by the Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Speech and Language Therapist in the team. You will provide this care under the direction of the qualified professionals within the team.

You will be community based so will be visiting service users in their own homes and other community settings.

Main duties of the job

To be actively involved in the implementation of therapy care plans assisting other members of the team in providing treatment and therapeutic interventions as necessary, including:

Hydrotherapy sessions

Therapeutic exercise programmes

Positional therapy

Passive movements

Massage and walking activities

Skills development interventions

Identifying meaningful activities in the local area and supporting people to access these activities

Creating visual resources including but not limited to visual timetables, symbol books and social stories

To edit/ update vocabulary on high tech communication aids

Gather information for the therapist's as required to support assessments, and contribute to developing formulations, goals and planning for the individual service users

To accompany and assist the supervising therapist during assessment and interventions

Use computerised clinical records for documentation

Develop and maintain effective communication systems within the community Learning disability team and with all other agencies/disciplines

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://ptracaccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/docs-employer/340/2515/Main_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf