Job Description Post Title: AHP Support Practitioner Location: The Pines, Inverness Hours: 37 hours per week Duration: Permanent Salary: £30,353 - £33,016 per annum Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale. Contact Details: Dawn Allmond Email: Dawn.Allmond@highland.gov.uk Do you have experience of, and enjoy, working with children, young people and their families? Are you practical, self-motivated and have excellent communication skills, including the ability to use current IT programmes? Then you may be interested to know that we a vacancy available for an Allied Health Professional Support Practitioner to join our team. This post is based from Inverness covering town and rural areas (some travel within Highland will be required) working independently, with the supervision of a qualified therapist. The Occupational Therapy Service and Speech and Language Therapy teams are based across the Highland Council area. We work in a cohesive and supportive teams who use a range of OT / SLT skills within our working practice. The successful applicant will focus on supporting the OT/ SLT teams with delivery and recording of assessments, and direct and indirect Interventions to promote independence, speech, language and communication for children and young people. This will include being involved in the provision of individual and group work, preparing and carrying out workshops, etc. We work with children with physical, developmental and neuro-developmental needs in a variety of settings. Please APPLY ONLINE. The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce. As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post. Prior to confirming appointment, we will require successful candidates to become members of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. Short listed applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder. Requirements At least SVQ3 or equivalent in relevant subject ( e.g. Childcare/ Education) Current UK Driving Licence (essential). This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria: You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland. You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years. Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.