Children’s Therapies Support Worker

Job overview

Are you looking to work within a small and supportive team and have strong communication skills? We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to work in an therapies support worker role across the Children’s Therapies Team.

Children’s Therapies comprises Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech & Language Therapy. The post holder will be part of the Sutton Health & Care Children’s Therapies Team and the post will sit across Admin and Speech & Language Therapy

Flexible working is available although we do need the successful candidate to work Fridays.

Main duties of the job

You will be based in the admin office at Green Wrythe Lane Clinic, supporting delivery of therapy services. As the first point of contact for parents / carers and professionals you will be expected to answer queries, manage referrals, book appointments and signpost people to other services.

The post holder may also help with clinical work from time to time as required by the service.

Successful candidates will have demonstrable skills working with different client groups. You should be flexible, organised and creative with good IT skills, and enjoy working with children, their families and other team members. You should also have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit

Applicant requirements

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.