{"id":3215,"date":"2022-04-05T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2022-04-05T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:59:03","slug":"psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology student wanted for part-time therapy role &#8211; Head First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Female P\/T Therapy Assistant Required \u2013 Isle of Sheppey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Permanent<\/p>\n<p>\u00a313.50 per hour weekdays and weekends<\/p>\n<p>Term-time shifts \u2013 weekdays between 3.30pm and 7.00pm, weekend hours are variable<\/p>\n<p>School holiday shifts \u2013 weekdays only, variable hours up to 15 per week.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great opportunity for a therapy assistant to assist a 14 year-old girl with her independence and ongoing rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Our client is very able and lives at home with her family on the Isle of Sheppey. She has an acquired brain injury which has resulted in the need for ongoing rehab as recommended by her therapists. The role itself is very varied and you will assist the client both at home and in the community. You will be part of the bigger multi-disciplinary team and be trained by some of the therapists helping you to gain valuable skills, knowledge and experience to be able to maximise yours and our client\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates without experience will be considered as full training will be provided. Personality, work ethic, adaptability, motivation, enthusiasm and a positive attitude are very important for this role.<\/p>\n<p><u>Support requirements:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To assist the client\u2019s rehabilitation by promoting the therapists\u2019 goals and recommendations<\/li>\n<li>To support daily functioning and independence in the home environment, e.g. cooking skills<\/li>\n<li>To support the client\u2019s educational needs by assisting with homework, etc<\/li>\n<li>To support the client to access community activities<\/li>\n<li>Full driving licence and use of a car for work purposes essential<\/li>\n<li>DBS at enhanced level required \u2013 the employer will pay if you need to apply for one<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility with regard to hours and days of work<\/li>\n<li>Occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 for females only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>About Head First:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Head First provides access to mandatory training and brain injury specific training. Head First also provide regular 1:1 clinical supervision and 24\/7 emergency on-call support. We have experienced payroll and human resources teams so therapy assistants always have a point of contact for employment and pay queries.<\/p>\n<p>To apply send your CV to hannah.weekes@head-first.org quoting reference <strong>BJe\/10\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A job description, person spec and privacy notice can be viewed on our website at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Job advert &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.head-first.org\/sites\/0057\/uploads\/content\/support-worker-vacancies\/final-ad-22-nov-2021.pdf?1637685128\">http:\/\/www.head-first.org\/sites\/0057\/uploads\/content\/support-worker-vacancies\/final-ad-22-nov-2021.pdf?1637685128<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Job description and person spec <a href=\"http:\/\/www.head-first.org\/sites\/0057\/uploads\/content\/support-worker-vacancies\/therapy-asst-anon-07-oct-2021.pdf?1637685332\">http:\/\/www.head-first.org\/sites\/0057\/uploads\/content\/support-worker-vacancies\/therapy-asst-anon-07-oct-2021.pdf?1637685332<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/&amp;t=Psychology student wanted for part-time therapy role - Head First' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Psychology student wanted for part-time therapy role - Head First%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/&amp;title=Psychology student wanted for part-time therapy role - Head First' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/&amp;title=Psychology student wanted for part-time therapy role - Head First' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female P\/T Therapy Assistant Required \u2013 Isle of Sheppey Permanent \u00a313.50 per hour weekdays and weekends Term-time shifts \u2013 weekdays between 3.30pm and 7.00pm, weekend &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2022\/04\/05\/psychology-student-wanted-for-part-time-therapy-role-head-first\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75552,"featured_media":3216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[141095],"tags":[884,1082,9650],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3217,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions\/3217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}