Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-8298086
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern Health Centre
- Town
- Islington
- Salary
- £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inclusive HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Occupational Therapy Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 4
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Job overview
Band 4 Children's Occupational Therapy Assistant
We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated therapy assistant with previous experience of supporting therapy for children.
Islington Additional Needs and Disability Children’s Service provides a multi-agency team approach to working with babies, children and young people who present with additional needs and complex disability. Within this service are teams providing assessment, diagnostic and therapy services to children in early years settings, special schools and mainstream schools.
The Therapy Assistant will support the therapists working in mainstream schools in Islington (school aged children and young people) and will be based at the Northern health centre, Holloway Road.
The Therapy Assistant will be responsible for carrying out individualised support and care to children and young people undergoing assessment and/or receiving interventions in clinic, schools and homes under supervision of qualified staff. She/ he will also undertake administrative and clinical duties to support the team including booking clinics, organising workshops, data collation and liaising with parents/carers.
We will offer you excellent training opportunities with a strong emphasis on individual performance appraisal and supervision.
We are a friendly and relaxed service which promotes equal opportunities and access for all. We support flexible working hours.
Main duties of the job
• To share information with team members as directed and appropriate, keeping confidentiality at all times.
• Demonstrate ability to use basic computer systems, reports and input data.
• Ensure that up-to-date written and electronic records are maintained in accordance with Trust standards
• Respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of children and their families, and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
• Assist team members with liaising with other agencies involved in the child’s care
• Form professional relationships with children, families and school staff and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
• To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal communication skills and tools to communicate with children who are non verbal, of a non English speaking background, requiring an interpreter, with a hearing impairment, with altered emotional states, with a cognitive/learning/behavioural disability.
• Report verbally to school therapists on the child’s development and performance in therapeutic and functional skills.
• Liaise with relatives and carers and other agencies involved in the child’s care
• Report effectively any issues or concerns to supervisor/line manager
• Persuade and motivate children to participate in therapy activities and reassure if required.
• Demonstrate effective communication over the telephone to parents/carers and external agencies
Working for our organisation
We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.
Our mission
Helping local people live longer, healthier lives.
Our vision
Provide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve.
Our goals
We have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.
- To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community
- To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams
- To deliver consistent, high quality, safe services
- To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care
- To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research
- To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Training or short courses relevant to the post, eg autism awareness, chid development, PECS
- Formal qualifications relevant to role eg: NVQ or degree in childcare, teaching, playwork, health
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Good written communication
- Excellent IT skills, with experience of using Microsoft office including Word and Excel
Desirable criteria
- Good working knowledge of patient data systems (RIO,)
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to travel between clinics, schools, homes and community settings
Knowldege and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a clinical role as a teaching assistant, therapy assistant or co-worker.
- Experience working with school aged children
- Knowledge of some common childhood conditions e.g. autism, developmental co-ordination disorder
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Liz Relf
- Job title
- Joint Team Lead Mainstream Schools
- Email address
- [email protected]
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