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Hi All
 
There are two football clubs that are looking for a physio/sports therapist to cover training sessions and match days for the forthcoming season. If you are interested or know someone who would be interested please see the details below.
 
The first is Aston Villa Ladies - They play in the Premier Northern Division. They would like someone who is already qualified. Training is two nights per week and matches are Sundays and some week nights. I do not know the rate of pay but I would say it is negotiable. Please contact the manager Stuart: 07789 554525
 
The second is Cradley Town - they play in the West Midlands (Regional) League. They need someone ideally for match days and training. But may take on someone just for match days, this would have to be discussed. I do not know the rate of pay. This would suit a recent graduate looking to get experience or a competent third year. Please contact Russell Dodd: 07779 996176

A vacancy has arisen for a soft tissue technique lecturer, on a freelance basis, for 2009.

If you have 2 or more years experience, and wish to find out more, please email your CV to

richard@activehealthgroup.org.uk

Having just spoken to a physio that i work with, i was interested to know that they do not have a formal set number of hours either. They must however show that they are developing their skills, keeping them up to date and are able to do their job. Since joining the SST i have also been unsure of the hours untill now. I have just been keeping up todate and storing good records to cover myself for if and when they track me down and ask me!

I am still surprised also that there are no minimum requirements regarding CPD hours, I guess it gives us alont of freeway regarding what we choose to do, however I struggle to understand how undertaking some form of CPD can make me a better therapist, when as it stands, they are basically saying we have to do very little to maintain our membership. In terms of CPD, I have looked at the STO and think that the structure seems alot more effective, plus they actually give a little more advertising regarding courses that are available! I think the SST should start updating their website a little more to help support us therapists who are relatively new to the industry!

My colleague who joined SST 3 months after passing a diploma course in ST, published as recognised by SSt on their website was hounded after a further 3 months as not being upto date with cpd, the reply was that the therapsit needs to fit into SST working year start and end dates and he was required to do approx 30 hours with an approved provider or his membership would be revoked, needless to say he left.
I have to agree with Smartie thatthere should be some formalisation of the program, that was  one of the reasons for the application for regulation..............
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I have just rung the SST to confirm the required number of hours, as this triggered in my mind that I was unaware of how many hours we needed. According to the lady I spoke to, they do not "specify the number of hours anymore", we just need to prove that we are continually updating our skills on a regular basis.

Interestingly fairly subjective, I had imagined there would have been a much stricter requirement than that!

hi jasper, from memory when i was a member it was either 32 hours over 2 years or 16  per year but cant be sure, I found the cpd provision was heavily weighted toward certain providers and expensive for the quality of instructiion. As I also work in the fitness, coaching industry I moved to STO who recognise ftness cpd, incidently I am nolonger with REPs for the same reasons, no acceptance of therapy based cpd even high quality corrective exercise courses. I found I was having to do approx 3 days for each REPs, SST and then for teacher status, the average price per day being between £100-150 plus travel and accoms made them all cost prohibitive. My current membership has cut CPD costs by about 75%
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Can anyone tell me how many hours CPD we have to do per year for our SST membership please? I have searched for ages on their website, and through all the stuff they sent us and I can't see anything there! Thought that I should really start applying for CPD courses but don't really know anything about it!

Thanks in advance

with any msk assessment, there is plenty of info out there to help you through. depending on depth and specifics of the assesment, should guide your practice. Like smartie and ST have said already.

A good book is by kendal and kendal: Testing structure and function. or the clasic Hoppenfield: Physical examination of the spine and extremities. Other more recent athours are Petty: NMSK assessment is also a good reference.
Still, all the text books wont replace practice, and supervison and more practice

i just realised i am probably writing too late, so the question remains..... how did you go blakey?

I am currently looking at undertaking a Masters in a Sports Therapy related course. I am based in the South West, and due to time constraints, need a part-time Masters course. I am having trouble finding a suitable course that doesn't involve massive amounts of travelling as I don't have time to travel to the other end of the country once a week

Does anybody have any recommendations or advice on what my next step should be?

Thanks in advance!