Therapy Support Worker Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Deliver delegated rehabilitation and activity sessions.
• Prepare treatment spaces and approved equipment.
• Support safe mobility and daily-task practice.
• Observe patient response and changing needs.
• Record work completed and agreed measures.
• Escalate refusal deterioration or safeguarding concerns.

A realistic working scenario

A patient reports new pain during a familiar programme. The worker stops that task and alerts the therapist instead of altering treatment independently.

Outputs to agree

• safe delegated sessions
• accurate progress feedback
• prepared equipment

Records and evidence

• Delegated task.
• Session response.
• Equipment.
• Change or incident.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The worker delivers agreed tasks; assessment and substantive progression belong to registered therapists.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Care planning systems.
• Mobility equipment.

Workplace context

• Practice reception, clinical administration areas and approved patient-facing areas.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• delegation
• handling
• location mobility
• clinical escalation

Information the employer should prepare

• the therapy professions and services supported
• the patient groups and work locations
• the delegated tasks and competency framework
• the supervision and daily handover process
• the equipment and handling requirements
• the record access and escalation triggers