The Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service (CRAFS) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 4 Therapy Assistant. This is a great opportunity for a Band 3 looking to progress or for a Band 4 to gain experience working in the community.
CRAFs provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults living in the community who have had a change in function caused by falls, illness, injury or long term conditions such as arthritis.
Your role in CRAFS will be varied. You will support the person- centred rehabilitation of patients in their homes by delivering exercise programmes and practising tasks such as walking. You will also have opportunities to run strength and balance falls prevention exercise classes and support our award- winning “strength and balance helpline”, conducting telephone assessments to assist our falls prevention work. You will also carry out some clinical admin tasks to support the team.
The role includes partnership working across community teams and primary and secondary health and social care. You will be part of a dynamic, diverse team which provides staff with a supportive and friendly working environment.
You should have experience of delivering rehab to adults with a variety of needs, with support from qualified therapy staff. You will be required to take part in service developments and show flexibility when adapting to and supporting change. Excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise your workload are essential.
To contribute to the assessment, planning and review of, and to independently implement rehabilitation programmes with a variety of clients. Tasks may include (but are not limited to) teaching prescribed exercise programs, practicing transfers and mobility, assisting and promoting independence in personal care tasks, kitchen practice, undertaking access visits to feedback environmental information to therapists, assessment for and provision of equipment to assist with daily activities and documenting interventions accurately in notes following trust guidelines
To work as part of a flexible multidisciplinary team and undertake tasks delegated by the Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurse in a variety of settings including clinic, intermediate care inpatient wards, outpatients, client’s home environment and the community.
To hold specific lead areas for service (e.g. infection control) and participate or support service development projects and audits
To participate in weekend rotas as required- currently Pulross Intermediate Care Unit
To work across borough boundaries, accessing and recording information using mobile devices, and coming into offices for meeting or specific events
The Community Rehabilitation and Falls Service is part of the Integrated Local Services directorate. It delivers physiotherapy and occupational therapy to adults and older people with illness, injury or disability, helping them to be more independent in their daily activities. The clients have a wide range of functional difficulties, long-term conditions and disabilities and many have multiple pathologies and complex medical conditions. They may be seen in a 14 bed Intermediate Care Unit, in their own homes and in health and community centres within Lambeth and Southwark. The service leads the provision of Falls prevention and management of clients within both boroughs providing individual and group exercise programmes
Please see attached job description for full details of role
Having a Later Life Postural Stability Instructor qualification is desirable for this post, but not essential.
Face to face interviews are scheduled for Friday 21 st February 2025.
Please ensure that your application contains examples of your personal knowledge and experience in relation to this role

Please refer the Job description for details