Children’s Therapies Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a motivated and enthusiastic Children's Therapies Support Worker within the Sutton Health & Care Children's Therapies Team. The post holder will primarily support the delivery of therapy services from the admin office, acting as the first point of contact for parents/carers and professionals. Responsibilities include managing referrals, booking appointments, and answering queries. The role requires strong communication, IT skills, and a flexible approach, with some clinical work possible.
Essential criteria
- oEvidence of formal education with written, verbal and numeric skills to GCSE or similar level
- oExperience of working in health or social care environment
- oTeam working
- Previous experience of administrative role
Desirable criteria
- oRelevant experience of working within children services
- oRelevant experience working with members of the public
- o Knowledge of a range of IT systems
- Knowledge of NHS systems such as EMIS
- Understanding of the basic principles of speech and language therapy and how the support worker supports this role.
- oAbility to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role
- oAble to provide a customer focussed service
- oGood IT skills - Excel, word, email, internet, powerpoint, taking minutes
- oAbility to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and manage work pressures and competing demands.
- oAbility to take initiative and problem solve.
- oEvidence of formal education with written, verbal and numeric skills to GCSE or similar level
- oExperience of working in health or social care environment
- oTeam working
- Previous experience of administrative role
- oRelevant experience of working within children services
- oRelevant experience working with members of the public
- o Knowledge of a range of IT systems
- Knowledge of NHS systems such as EMIS
- Understanding of the basic principles of speech and language therapy and how the support worker supports this role.
- oAbility to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role
- oAble to provide a customer focussed service
- oGood IT skills - Excel, word, email, internet, powerpoint, taking minutes
- oAbility to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and manage work pressures and competing demands.
- oAbility to take initiative and problem solve.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Children’s Therapies Support Worker
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
Are you looking to work within a small and supportive team and have strong communication skills? We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person to work in an therapies support worker role across the Children's Therapies Team.
Children's Therapies comprises Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech & Language Therapy. The post holder will be part of the Sutton Health & Care Children's Therapies Team and the post will sit across Admin and Speech & Language Therapy
Flexible working is available although we do need the successful candidate to work Fridays.
Main duties of the job
You will be based in the admin office at Green Wrythe Lane Clinic, supporting delivery of therapy services. As the first point of contact for parents / carers and professionals you will be expected to answer queries, manage referrals, book appointments and signpost people to other services.
The post holder may also help with clinical work from time to time as required by the service.
Successful candidates will have demonstrable skills working with different client groups. You should be flexible, organised and creative with good IT skills, and enjoy working with children, their families and other team members. You should also have ex
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