Reablement Practitioner - South West Shropshire

Shropshire Council; Ludlow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Council is seeking a Reablement Practitioner to deliver intensive, short-term, person-centred care to adults 18 and over in their own homes.

You will help residents regain skills for daily living, such as self-care, cooking, washing and mobility, using strengths-based approaches to maximise independence.

This in-house service START supports people 365 days a year, offering a range of in-home reablement services.

Qualifications

• Provide intensive short-term, person-centred care to adults 18+ to promote independence.
• Assist people to regain daily living skills such as self-care, cooking, washing and dressing at home.
• Encourage mobilisation around the home to support independence.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive short-term, person-centred care to adults 18+ to promote independence.
• Assist people to regain daily living skills such as self-care, cooking, washing, dressing and medication at home.
• Encourage mobilisation around the home to support independence.

Job description

The main purpose of this position is to provide Shropshire Council countywide residents aged 18 and over, an intensive short-term, person-centred, strengths-based package of care that promotes and maximises independence and wellbeing.

Irrespective of diagnosis, reablement practitioners are to assist people to regain and retain skills to continue to live as they wish. The multi-skilled practitioners are to enable the individual to perform acts of daily living like, self-care, cooking, washing, dressing, administering medication and mobilising about the home. By encouraging the promotion of self-care skills

START is Shropshire Council’s inhouse domiciliary care provider which supports people to regain lost skills, learn new ones, and generally increase their ability and independence. The service is available 365 days a year.

START work with people, in their own home utilising a person centred, strength and asset-based approach. START provides several services

For further information, please see the documents attached.

Attached documents

• Reablement Practitioner - Person Specification.pdf
• Reablement Practitioner - Job Description & Particulars of Appointment.pdf
• Reablement Practitioner - Advert November.pdf