Are you seeking a new challenge and a unique opportunity to develop your career? If so, then this post would be an excellent opportunity for you! We are looking for a dynamic, passionate and proactive individual with excellent communication skills to help work with Age UK (Durham) to support work addressing social isolation, loneliness, isolation, lack of motivation and low mood for people over 50 across County Durham. We are therefore looking to appoint a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join the Age UK Durham Team.
We are seeking a motivated, conscientious team-player who can think holistically and creatively to deliver interventions for people in their own homes or via telephone and video support. This is your chance to make a real difference to people experiencing physical and mental health problems.
The work base will be at Age UK Durham office, but some home working may also be possible with agreement of Line Manager
The service is being managed by Age UK (Durham) with TEWV working in partnership with Age UK (Durham). TEWV will provide clinical supervision including preceptorship (if required), and you will also have access to physiotherapy professional support and training.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
This collaborative, multi-disciplinary service will work with Age UK (Durham) Community support staff to provide wellbeing and psychologically informed interventions such as exercise prescription, addressing deconditioning, reduced mobility, falls prevention, occupation, anxiety management, sleep, graded exposure.
The overall aim of the role is to:
Improve the wellbeing of older people
Provide low level interventions and support for people to prevent the need for secondary mental health involvement
Provide a rapid route into secondary mental health services for people who are experiencing mental health crisis
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care -our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
30 July 2026
Agenda for change
Band 5
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Fixed term
6 months
Full-time
346-DDM-050-26
Age UK, Houghton House
Belmont Business Park
Durham
DH1 1TW
United Kingdom
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
- BSc or MSc in Physiotherapy
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of current professional insurance cover
- Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
- Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Experience of working in a wide variety of physiotherapy practice areas whilst on student placements
- Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience presenting to groups
- Professional Code of Conduct and its application to practice
- Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice
- Legal aspects of Moving and Handling
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
- Care Programme Approach
- Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Evidence based practice in mental health or learning disabilities and knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (within an agreed timescale)
- Research and development methodology
- Software packages e.g. Physiotools (within agreed timescale)
- Understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
- BSc or MSc in Physiotherapy
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of current professional insurance cover
- Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
- Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Experience of working in a wide variety of physiotherapy practice areas whilst on student placements
- Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience presenting to groups
- Professional Code of Conduct and its application to practice
- Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice
- Legal aspects of Moving and Handling
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
- Care Programme Approach
- Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Evidence based practice in mental health or learning disabilities and knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (within an agreed timescale)
- Research and development methodology
- Software packages e.g. Physiotools (within agreed timescale)
- Understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
This 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
This 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Age UK, Houghton House
Belmont Business Park
Durham
DH1 1TW
United Kingdom
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Age UK, Houghton House
Belmont Business Park
Durham
DH1 1TW
United Kingdom
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
