Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Obtained an educational level of GCSE level A – C English and Maths or equivalent
• Minimum Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent higher apprenticeship
• Care Certificate or willingness to work towards attaining it

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a healthcare or educational environment
• Experience of working within a team

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and young people with developmental needs or disabilities.

Skills

Essential

• Able to implement and evaluate treatment
• Undertake regular updates required to develop specialist skills and competencies
• Knowledge of specialist skills and competencies in supporting functional treatment interventions and equipment reviews
• Developed sensory skills, e.g., listening, hand/eye coordination skills
• Able to recognise when escalation to a registered professional is required
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities
• Able to delegate work appropriately
• Good written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
• Competent IT skills
• Able to present information, written and orally, in an accurate, clear, and logical manner
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Able to work autonomously
• Ability to write accurately and legibly in patient notes

Desirable

• Experience of supervising others at work

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to build effective working relationships with the team, service users and other professionals
• Compassionate and caring nature
• Empathetic
• Reliable

Desirable

• Ability to problem solve

Other

Essential

• Passes pre-employment checks
• Able to work flexibly to meet service needs
• Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
• Able, with appropriate support, to work in an emotionally demanding environment
• Independent means of transport
• Commitment to Continued Professional Development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 05 May 2026