Rehabilitation Assistant

PLEASE NOTE - At this time, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust cannot provide sponsorship for this position and therefore applicants must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated person who wants to take up a new role working with people in their own homes? We can offer you training, development opportunities, regular supervision and support.

Do you enjoy
- working with people?
- helping to understand and motivate people?
- being involved in practical, sometimes personal and intimate care provision for people?
- talking to people?
- learning and developing skills?
- working as part of a team, whilst able to work on your own?

Do you want opportunities to develop and potentially to progress with your career?

If so this may be the role for you. The Reablement and Home First Team provide vital short-term services to people by helping them to regain or attain as much independence as they can in their own homes. The therapy led team works to: resettle people after a hospital stay and with people to identify and work on goals that will help them to live well at home.

Rehabilitation Assistants work as part of a close team undertaking activities according to their individual goal plans, encouraging them to do as much as possible for themselves, to live well and safely in their own homes.

Rehabilitation Assistants do this by motivating and inspiring people to re-learn daily skills and enhance their quality of life. You will provide practical and 'hands-on’ personal care as well as encouraging people and working with them to do the things that are important to them.

You will need to be able to drive around the locality to work with people in their homes. Team working and communication skills are essential. You will update written notes and electronic records. You will be fully trained to assist people to meet their needs, which can range from motivational support to personal care.

The service runs between 7am and 10pm, 365 days a year. There are pay enhancements for unsociable hours, as stipulated by Agenda for Change. For more information please see the Additional Information link to the shift patterns and search for NHS Unsocial Hours Payments for more information.

We have a number of Rehabilitation Assistants posts available across the county in each of the localities.

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post, this apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not. You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are proud to have been recognised as a ‘Veteran Aware Trust’, evidencing the provision of the best care for Veterans and driving to improve the care for veterans and their families. Find out more about this by clicking on the link at the right hand side, titled ‘Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance’.

For more information please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.