Rehabilitation Assistant

Job summary

Our Home First & Reablement service supports people return home after a stay in hospital. This helps them continue their recovery in their own surroundings - regaining their ability to live as independently as possible.

This is an exciting time to join our service - we are expanding to continue to provide quality care and support and we are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who want to work with people in their communities.

We are recruiting experienced and new to care Rehabilitation Assistants in Stroud.

As a Health Care Support Worker, you will work closely with other health care professionals, delivering essential clinical and personal care. You will ensure that our service user needs are met and assist the team in maintaining high standards of care delivery.

Previous experience is desirable but not essential. If you are new to care and hold no experience in healthcare, then we offer a fantastic development opportunity with a structured development plan (including achieving the Care Certificate). You will progress from a pay band 2 to pay band 3 on achievement of the Care Certification.

This role is offered on a permanent basis.

Our service runs 24/7 and all our Rehabilitation Assistant roles offer core hours of

We currently looking to recruit part time to our evening shifts. The following shifts are currently highly sought after for this locality:

PM - 17:00 - 22:00 (Rolling shift pattern of 4 days on and 4 days off).

Main duties of the job

You don't need any previous caring experience - all we ask is that you:

enjoy working with people; understand what motivates people; are comfortable being involved in practical, sometimes personal and intimate care provision for people; have a desire to learn and develop skills; are able to work alone and in a team setting.

The support we provide includes washing, dressing, cooking meals, accessing community services, arranging delivery services, improving mobility and balance so patients can safely use steps or stairs, walk in and outdoors, or use transport.

As this is a community-based role a full Driving Licence valid for the UK and access to a vehicle insured for business use is essential.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Promote people to live safely and confidently at home, working with the team, including:

o Providing practical, personal and intimate care whilst maintaining high levels of hygiene and health and safety

o Assisting the person to work on outcome focussed goals enabling them to relearn or develop new skills and abilities required for daily living.

o Monitoring progress and function of people within their reablement programme and contributing to the ongoing assessment of their rehabilitation needs by liaising with team colleagues and recording progress, in compliance with organisation policies and procedures

o Identifying when a safeguarding alert may need to be raised, ensuring the timely escalation of suspected abuse and self-neglect promptly

o Supporting people and where appropriate their families and carers, by advising them on all aspects of their Reablement plan including the correct use of equipment

o Adhering to all health and safety instructions. Report to line manager any incidents, emergencies or accidents.

o Connect people to community resources, promoting digital inclusion and the use of assisted technology telecare

o Be an active participant of your team, maintaining your own continuing professional development, to ensure you can deliver the best quality care and support to the people of Gloucestershire.

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. In addition, you will find the Healthcare Support Worker Code of Conduct that applies to this role.

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.

When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. Please remember that skills and experience gained outside of work can be used as evidence in your application.

Please refer to the Healthcare Support Worker Code of Conduct attachment and use this to support your application.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

GCSE level Pass or equivalent in Maths and English Care Certificate

Desirable

NVQ in a relevant topic (such as healthcare) or other relevant training Care Certificate

LENGTH AND/OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Desirable

Experience of working with people, their families and carers who may be going through challenging experiences or difficult situations Experience of working in a health or social care environment providing personal and intimate care to people Practical experience of motivating people encouraging independence

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