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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated person to work within the Working Out Programme (Specialist Vocational Rehabilitation Team) in the Community Head Injury Service as a Band 4 Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant. This post is fixed term until the 14th June 2025 and 37.5 hours per week.

Under the supervision of the Occupational Therapists and a Placement Consultant, you will be supporting adults with an acquired brain injury to achieve their vocational rehabilitation goals in both 1-1 and group therapy sessions in either the clients own home, Brookside Clinic, other community settings, or virtually.

Main duties of the job

The role is based at the Community Head Injury Service, Brookside Clinic, delivering specialised vocational rehabilitation programmes as agreed between the client and the Occupational Therapists or Placement Consultant. You will be working closely within an inter-disciplinary team in the Community Head Injury Service to deliver client centred assessments and interventions. The role will include assisting clients to prepare for work through rehabilitation, coaching and liaising with employers, occupational health, human resources and job centre staff.

The post holder must be able to use high level communication skills to establish therapeutic relationships with people who have a complex range of difficulties.There will also be various administration tasks involved on a day-to-day basis and computer proficiency is needed as documentation is electronic.

This post is an integral part of the team and is essential to the delivery of a specialist vocational rehabilitation service for people living with an acquired brain injury.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• RQF Level 3 health or care related qualification
• Level 2 functional skills
• Care Certificate
• Once employed, the Healthcare Assistant Practitioner apprenticeship, as well as statutory and mandatory in-house training
• Good level of education to GCSE standard
• Grade C GCSE or equivalent in English
• NVQ level 3 in Health Care or equivalent level 3 qualification in relevant topic
• Current driving licence with access to a car for work
• DBR – Enhanced level of disclosure
• Vocational training

EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting and/or working with people with a brain injury, neurological diagnosis, special needs, or learning disability
• Experience of a role in Healthcare at Band 3 level allied health professional or equivalent
• Experience of managing a caseload, to support clients to develop skills to overcome barriers due to their disabilities
• Previously worked as an Occupational Therapy Assistant / Job Coach / Support Worker / Personal Assistant
• Experience of training others in practical skills
• Experience of working with external organisations to support people to manage a range of meaningful roles and activities

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Competency in basic IT skills
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication required for effective liaison with inter-disciplinary team, clients, families & others.
• Able to maintain accurate, concise clinical records
• Good organisational skills with attention to detail e.g. self-autonomy, client related, caseload
• Must have a good understanding of how to work effectively as part of a team
• Able to know own limitations and seek advice
• Self-motivated and able to use own initiative
• Able to work creatively to help clients overcome barriers to vocational rehabilitation
• Motivated, compassionate and empathetic to vulnerable clients and people
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• To have ability to form good working relationships with staff, clients & others
• Ability to work independently within a range of environments
• To use initiative and be resourceful
• To demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning
• Good problem solving skills To be able to come up with ideas & solutions when looking at difficulties and the barriers our clients face.
• To have knowledge of health and safety and risk management
• To demonstrate resilience in challenging situations

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Able to use own car and willing to transport clients when required to community activities and work-based placements

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

I f you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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