Bridging Care Assistant - WF Integrated Discharge | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Walthamstow; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care provider in Walthamstow is seeking an experienced individual to assist clients with daily living tasks. This role requires a commitment to rehabilitation, enabling clients to regain independence. The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in working hours and collaborative skills with health and social care professionals. This position offers a supportive environment in a key health service role.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

High Cost Area Supplement

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in providing rehabilitation and social care.
• Ability to work flexibly between 07:00 and 21:00.
• Commitment to support and liaise with health and social care professionals.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with daily living tasks.
• Promote independence through rehabilitation.
• Facilitate safe discharge from acute hospital care.

Skills

Experience in health or social care

Understanding of client needs

Flexibility in working hours

Commitment to collaborative working

Ability to assist with daily activities

Job description

Overview

Have you got experience of working in health or social care and looking for the next challenge? If so, we would love to hear from you!

The post holder will assist clients in a range of daily living tasks, for example with transfers, mobility, washing and dressing, toileting, household tasks, meal preparation. In this role you will always work to a rehabilitation philosophy enabling clients to be as independent as possible.

You will need to have an understanding of the needs of the client group and be able to work flexibly between the hours of 07:00 and 21:00 seven days a week (on a rota) in order to meet the needs of the service.

You will demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of providing rehabilitation and social care in client’s own home, to join the newly commissioned Bridging Care and Rehabilitation Service. The service is designed to provide short term packages of care and some rehabilitation in order to:

• Facilitate timely safe discharge from acute hospital care
• Help prevent unnecessary admissions to care homes
• Help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
• Help to regain confidence with living skills or support with long term care needs until such time a Social Services / private package of care can commence
• Promote a reablement and rehabilitation approach to care to enable patient to regain a level of independence

Values

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).

Further details

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.

Salary and sponsorship notes

When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-registered roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under outer, fringe and none.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025