Job summaryAre you an excellent communicator and want to make a tangible difference to the lives of children and young people?Come and join our compassionate and caring team in Buckinghamshire's Children and Young People's (CYP) Therapy Service. As a Link Therapy Worker you will work as part of a small team under the direction of the Communications and Engagement Lead toprovide support to education settings and family centres in Buckinghamshire to enable the CYP Integrated Therapies clinical teams to support children with therapy needs.As part of new investment through recommissioning of the service, you will enable the service to reach a wide audience, with a focus on tackling health inequalities ensuring that all children can access the support they need.Main duties of the jobThe link therapy workers will coordinate delivery of a range of activities which including to:Provide personalised support to education settings and family centres to coordinate therapy assessments, embed therapy interventions and promote wider workforce training to support children with SENDWork closely with education settings and SEND advisors to support children's needs using the Graduated ApproachFoster empowerment in setting staff by being a consistent, familiar contactCoordinate access to more specialist support when neededSignpost available support services and groups locally for children and young people with SENDAbout usWhy colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.What do we stand for?Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.Person SpecificationQualifications and skillsEssentialo 5 GCSEs / NVQ111 / BTecho Significant and relevant work experience E.g. in a school or early years settingExperienceEssentialRelevant practical work experience related to the postExcellent interpersonal skillsDemonstrates a good standard of spoken and written EnglishFully IT literate and able to use a range of applications to support workloadAble to organise workload and manage timeDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Employer detailsEmployer nameBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAddressAmersham/Wycombe/AylesburyAmershamHP7 0JDEmployer's websitehttps://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)