Childrens Therapy Assistants Lead

Job summary

Are you looking for your next step in Children's Therapy? Do you aspire to lead and drive forward change to improve outcomes for Children and young people?

We are in an exciting position to be able to offer an opportunity for a band 5 Therapy assistants lead to join the Children's OT and Physiotherapy service in Coventry

This is an exciting new opportunity for the post holder to lead the therapy assistant team into the future. This includes line management, leading and supporting quality improvement projects and providing clinical delivery to children and young people across Coventry. This role involves carrying a small clinical caseload and experience of working in therapy services is essential.

The postholder will be supported with informal and formal training, related to the role and be integrated into the children's OT and Physio leadership team.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for line management of the Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy Assistants and Assistant Practitioners.
• Responsible for effective patient flow across Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, including coordinating the Assistants allocation system.
• Will take a lead role in managing Therapy Assistants, including recruitment, retention, supervision, training, appraisals and capacity and demand modelling with clinical specialists.
• Will work collaboratively with both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy staff and liaise with other teams within the trust as well as other agencies to facilitate the most effective use of Therapy Assistants to support both the services and ensure timely patient flow through designated pathways.
• Will coordinate allocating assistant workforce to cover the service in different settings including schools (including special schools), clinics, home working and nurseries in conjunction with clinical specialists.
• To oversee the training requirements and competencies for the assistant workforce, implementing local and national frameworks.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.