Reablement Practitioner

Do you have experience in health and social care assessments?
- Do you have experience in enabling clients to achieve/maintain independence?
- Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment?
- Do you enjoy working alongside individuals, supporting them to achieve their goals of living independently?
- Do you have experience of Domiciliary Care Supervision/Management of workers delivery care and support to vulnerable clients in their own home?

If the above applies to you, then we have a great new job role waiting for you

The reablement service provides a goal-based assessment to support individuals to regain their independence with their care and support daily activities. We work in client's homes alongside them to support their achievement towards their goals, support the use of Technology enabled care devices and provide occupational therapy aids to enable them to achieve independence.

As well as providing support to staff in a supervisory way, Reablement Practitioner’s offer a great balance between client interaction with reablement assessment, alongside staff supervision and mentoring.

Reablement Practitioner’s will be responsible for the assessment of new clients into our Reablement Service, working from various locations including the client’s home, council offices and your own home

You will work alongside both Health & social care colleagues to support client discharges from acute hospitals and clients living in the community requiring rehabilitation to regain their independence.

You will need to hold an NVQ III or equivalent qualification in health and social care. You will need to have knowledge of care practices, triage skills including risk assessment, knowledge of CQC standards alongside knowledge of the Care Act. We will also provide you with training to enable you to fulfil this role.

You will be required to work a rota system ensuring that our staff are supported through the working hours of 6:30am through to 10:30pm. There is a mixture of early, late and flexi shifts throughout the rota, giving balance of continuity of staffing levels throughout the week and working day.

For further information on these positions please contact Laura King Reablement Manager on 01733 207207 or 07785521368

Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.