At a Glance
- Tasks: Support patients with creative activities and rehabilitation in a friendly team environment.
- Company: Join the compassionate Living Well team at Sobell House.
- Benefits: Enjoy a supportive workplace, teaching access, and flexible hours.
- Other info: Opportunity for personal growth and experience in health services.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while enhancing your skills.
- Qualifications: GCSEs in English and Maths; NVQ 3 or equivalent preferred.
The predicted salary is between 25147 - 27596 £ per year.
Band 3 Living Well Therapy Assistant based at Sobell House (22.5 hours a week) Fixed Term contract for 1 year.
The Living Well service aims to enable and empower individuals to live well by equipping them with skills and knowledge to help them achieve their goals and to live day to day with a sense of purpose and wellbeing.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, energetic, creative and proactive Living Well Therapy Assistant to join the Living Well team at Sobell House.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the other members of our multidisciplinary team, to provide creative activity, rehabilitation and a range of wellbeing focused support to patients and their carers attending the Living Well service.
Responsibilities
- To work as an integrated part of the multi‑professional team in the Living Well Service.
- To plan, organise and facilitate a range of creative activities and craft projects within Living Well Service unit enhancing the patients and carers experience.
- To ensure that specialist skills, creativity and experience are used to encourage patients and carers to find and express their own creativity.
- To assist the Living Well team with a range of duties relating to patient care and service delivery.
- To work alongside the MDT in providing assessment, intervention and rehabilitation to patients attending the Living Well Service.
- To contribute to the development of Living well Service.
- To maintain stock of creative activity materials and therapy equipment.
Qualifications
- Proven educational standard to GCSE in English and Math's (or the equivalent).
- To have (or be working towards) NVQ 3 or equivalent training.
- Experience of working, within a Health or Community services setting, with adults with a range of illnesses or disabilities.
- Experience of the adult client group.
- Some understanding of Health and Community Services.
- Ability to work with patients at end of life.
- Appropriate enthusiasm for engaging patients in creative activities and rehabilitation.
Benefits
Supportive and friendly working environment, access to teaching and clinical supervision.
The service is open Monday to Thursday, staffed flexibly to cover the service from 08:00-16:00.
Occasionally cross cover at Katharine House hospice may be required, involving some travelling.
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Living Well Therapy Assistant in Banbury employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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Contact Details:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Recruitment Team
