Community Reablement Assistant (Care Worker)

North Lincolnshire Council; Scunthorpe; Presencial; GBP 10 000 - 14 000; Tempo parcial

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Pension scheme

Health scheme

Annual leave

Resumo da oferta

North Lincolnshire Council is seeking Reablement Assistants to deliver rehabilitation and reablement support at service users’ homes. You will work within the Home First Community Rehabilitation service, following therapy plans and collaborating with health and social care professionals to promote independence.

The role includes moving and handling, personal care, and medication administration, with a rolling 25-hour week rota and occasional overtime.

Qualificações

• When possible, supports rehabilitation to maximise independence.
• Ability to follow therapy plans with health and social care colleagues.
• Experience in community-based care is advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Support with moving and handling of service users.
• Assist with personal care needs.
• Aid rehab and reablement activities.
• Administer medications as directed by care plans.
• Signpost to external organisations for social inclusion and wellbeing.
• Provide crisis response during unforeseen events.

Conhecimentos

Moving and handling

Personal care

Medication administration

Social inclusion

Formação académica

Care qualification desirable

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The North Lincolnshire Home First Community Rehabilitation service is a registered Rehabilitation and Reablement service that provides time limited intervention and therapies to people within their own homes. We strive to deliver support that puts people at the centre of our services. Our aim is to ensure that a person can remain at home and feel confident and is safe to live as independently as possible.
Reablement assistant post holders will form part of our expanding transitions team that will work to ensure smooth and effective transition from the hospital with protected/dedicated visits available to support discharge from SDEC and A&E in a timely manner. Reablement workers also deliver extensive care and support to service users within the community whilst optimum fitness is reached to enable participation within the rehabilitation program as well as supporting individuals who have been identified as requiring long term care.

As part of the reablement role the successful candidate will provide rehabilitation and reablement support to individuals following accident, incident or illness allowing a return to independence. This involves following therapy plans and working in conjunction with other health and social care professionals.

The role also provides a crisis response to support when unforeseen events occur such as falls and carer breakdown.

The role involves direct work such as supporting with moving and handling, attending to personal care needs and administering medication as well as maximising opportunities for social inclusion and emotional wellbeing by signposting to external organisations and professionals.

This role offers a fantastic work life balance through a 25 hour per week contract. This operates on a rolling rota basis, requiring working 3 to 4 to shifts per week, various hours are on a rota pattern between the hours of 07:00am to 23:00pm, for example shifts may be 07:00 to 13:35pm or 15:55 to 22:30pm. For those that would like additional hours, there is opportunity for working overtime which when working weekends includes additional weekend enhancements

As a reablement assistant you will be part of a fast paced and developing service that has opportunities for further development and progression.

You will be working for an employer who cares about your health and wellbeing and offers confidential employee welfare and excellent supervisory and peer support.

A previous qualification in care is desirable, though not essential, as full induction/training will be provided.

As a council employee you will access to all the benefits of working for a Local Authority such as a competitive Pension, health scheme, attractive annual leave allowance as well as weekend and Bank holiday enhancements.