Social Services Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Assistant – Community

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency are currently looking for a Therapy Assistant to work in Greater London.

Location: Hackney

Contract Type/Length: Locum ongoing contract

Pay Rate: £25.53 per hour (Assignment rate)

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years’ experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Main Duties:

• Work as a member of the Medical team providing an effective, customer focused and fully accessible service to residents wishing to join the housing register list to apply for social housing.
• Carry out assessments and identified recommendations to provide equipment and adaptations that improve their quality of life and independence. In doing this they will work in partnership with service users, their carers, and a range of other professionals and colleagues.
• Assist with recommendations for future housing needs and inspect properties. In addition review the suitability of a property to confirm it meets the needs of the household member with a medical need. Where needs can be met by simple equipment and adaptations the post holder will arrange for these to be provided, delivered and installed.

Requirements of the Therapy Assistant

• Recent experience within Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• NHS experience would be advantageous but not essential

We welcome applications from Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Assistants within different services as we have other roles available within the NHS and private sectors.

Contact: This Therapy Assistant job is advertised by Reece Golding; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Assistants (Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7 and above!) within different services as we have other roles available within the NHS and private sectors. Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this physio role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you. 

Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.