251067 Healthcare Support Worker - Occupational Therapy

Are you looking to be part of a friendly, dynamic AHP team for children and young people? Would you like to belong to a team committed to developing innovative ways of working and encouraging personal and professional development? If so, we have a post for you. This post is for a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker, providing a service for children and young people from 0-18 years across Dumfries and Galloway in the form of equipment, clinical, non-clinical and administrative tasks.

The applicant is required to be a team player and have excellent communication skills with children, families and other professionals; including face-to-face discussions, via telephone and email. They will be required to be to work sensitively with confidential information. The applicant will be expected to write clinical notes and basic reports therefore should have a good level of written English as well as be computer literate.

The role includes completing a range of administrative tasks and non-clinical activities on a daily basis, to supports the running of the service in line with Scottish Government Guidance on the Provision of Equipment and Adaptations. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously, co-ordinating their own workload under the supervision and line management of a qualified Occupational Therapist.

The service is fully aligned to Ready to Act (2016) with offers at universal, targeted and individualised care (specialist) committed to delivering support at each level.

Ongoing support and training is available through your individualised job plan. Operational, Professional and Clinical supervision are key aspects of the service and you would have an Annual Development Review.

Our main base is at The Willows, a purposely redesigned multi-disciplinary Children and Family’s Centre, set in the beautiful Crichton grounds in Dumfries. However, you can work in a variety of locations across the community and therefore must be able to travel independently.

Dumfries and Galloway is situated in the beautiful South West of Scotland with spectacular countryside, wide ranging leisure facilities, excellent schools and affordable housing. There are easy travel links to all the major cities in Scotland, North England and Northern Ireland.

Would you like to know more?

For informal enquires, about this post, please contact:
Shona McGeorge, Team Lead on or shona.mcgeorget

If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website:

To find out more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and for an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland please visit our Work With Us web pages

Some of our posts may require you to undergo a criminal records check. Changes as of the 1 April 2025 to the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership now sees more roles requiring PVG that may not have needed this check in the past. If you are successful in this role you will be notified which level of check is required by the recruitment team.

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NHS Dumfries and Galloway is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website:  It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or if you require a work visa that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

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