Community Therapy Assistant

Community Therapy Assistant

Closing date is 28 January 2026

An exciting opportunity for a part‑time (22.5 hours) Therapy Assistant in the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team at Alder Hey Sefton Community team.

The successful candidate will support experienced Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to assess and deliver intervention to children aged 0‑19 years with functional, developmental, and neurological difficulties in community settings across North Sefton, based at Ainsdale Centre for Health and Wellbeing. You will be an integral member of the Community Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Team with regular supervision, training, and development opportunities.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

Sponsorship – We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications.
Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

• Assist the therapists to deliver management and treatment of the referred children.
• Follow agreed treatment plans, providing a high standard of paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy and maintaining liaison with the therapist regarding children’s management.
• Provide a high standard of paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy working without direct supervision, following treatment plans set out by the therapist.
• Assist in the provision of a high standard of care in a variety of community settings, working with children aged 0‑19 years with neuro‑disabilities, developmental delay and learning disabilities.

• Use effective verbal and non‑verbal communication tools to convey treatment programmes to patients who may have barriers such as visual impairment, hearing impairment, severe learning difficulties or non‑first‑language speakers.
• Respond to questions from parents, carers and other agencies appropriately but recognise the need to report and refer back to the therapist as necessary.
• Contribute to patient care development by attending relevant meetings.
• Provide information related to the child and their therapy programme to parents, carers and education staff.
• Provide equipment information, handover, training and support to parents and carers.
• Adapt communication style and approach to ensure information is shared appropriately.
• Identify and arrange additional support for parents and carers where there are potential barriers to communication such as requesting an interpreter.

• Manage and prioritise own patient caseload as delegated by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist.
• Balance work and other life needs through consultation, open communication and involvement of all team members.
• Comply with risk management responsibilities as required, referring to the current Risk Management strategy.

• Assist the therapist in the rehabilitation of patients using delegated exercises and manual physical therapy treatments.
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent, and work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent.
• Deliver…