Job duties and responsibility To implement treatment programmes for children with disabilities, children in the community and maintain records of such, working under indirect supervision or with the physiotherapist/occupational therapist. -To carry out delegated work, reporting back patient progress and informing the therapist of any problems. - To administer clerical work of the physiotherapy / OT department, including arranging appointments and clinic organisation. - To administer stock of office supplies and therapy equipment. - To carry out specified treatment programmes as set by qualified staff, and to use experience to report back any changes or responses to the staff. - To use treatment modalities initially as directed by a therapist, using good coordination and handling techniques to progress through the programme identified. This will involve some unsupervised contact (work) with the ability to work on own initiative. -To carry out joint and individual therapy sessions, in different locations, with children of varying levels of disability. These children often have behavioural or learning difficulties, sensory problems (blindness, deafness), or combinations of such difficulties. These sessions may have minimal direct supervision by the therapist, but are supervised indirectly. -To follow procedures and treatment plans, occasionally working alone in the community with qualified therapist advice available if needed. -To risk assess manoeuvring dependent children in the treatment sessions and to use experience to position them correctly in chairs etc. -To complete maintenance and safety checks on specialist paediatric equipment and report any problems to therapist / team leader. -Following appropriate training, to be able to monitor and review therapy equipment, including standing frames and specialist seating as fit for purpose and report any concerns/problems to the qualified therapist/team leader. - Following appropriate training, to be able to demonstrate safe use of therapy equipment, including standing frames and specialist seating to parents, carers, education staff and other relevant professionals. -To complete organisational and departmental documentation in relation to issuing of equipment. - To have knowledge of and to use, equipment e.g. hoists and wheelchairs. -To use moving/handling techniques in the moving of patients, or equipment including changes in position. - To assist with hydrotherapy sessions ensuring safe transfers in and out of the pool, undressing and dressing of clients and transfers to staff in the pool. This often includes contact with bodily fluids and toileting dependent children. This requires the use of hoists and knowledge of transfer techniques. -To participate in hydrotherapy sessions, working directly with children and young people in the pool and by completing pool side duties. .To complete pool safety checks, including pool chlorine level testing in line with departmental procedures. -Needing physical fitness to deal with patients who are unpredictable in movement, assuring their support and your and their safety. -To work with infection control and health and safety guidelines in order to deal appropriately with unpleasant conditions related to client contact as they arise. -To be able to use mental concentration to pick up signs showing distress of the patient, seizures, or compromised respiratory status. -To assist the therapist//team leader with the organisation of specific clinics, including attending the clinic, participating in and following up on.