Rehabilitation Assistant - Cotswolds

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cirencester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Cirencester is looking for a Rehabilitation Assistant to support individuals recovering at home. This role includes providing personal care, motivating clients, and assisting with independence goals. Full and part-time opportunities are available, offering specialized training and apprenticeship options. A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle are essential. You'll work in a supportive team, promoting positive community engagement and quality care among clients.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people, their families, and carers in challenging situations.
• Experience of providing personal and intimate care in health or social care environments.
• Confident with IT systems, willing to be trained in specific systems.

Responsibilities

• Promote independence and safety for individuals at home.
• Provide practical and personal care while ensuring hygiene and safety.
• Assist individuals in achieving outcome-focused goals for daily living.

Skills

Motivating people

Personal care support

IT systems usage

Education

GCSE level Pass or equivalent in Maths and English

NVQ in a relevant topic (such as healthcare)

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Rehabilitation Assistant - Cotswolds

The closing date is 14 December 2025

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.

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will receive specialised training and the option to undertake an apprenticeship alongside your post to continue your professional development.

This role is offered on a permanent basis with full and part time roles available.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

• Promote people to live safely and confidently at home, working with the team, including:
• Providing practical, personal and intimate care whilst maintaining high levels of hygiene and health and safety
• Assisting the person to work on outcome focussed goals enabling them to relearn or develop new skills and abilities required for daily living.
• 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
• Identifying when a safeguarding alert may need to be raised, ensuring the timely escalation of suspected abuse and self-neglect promptly
• 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
• Adhering to all health and safety instructions. Report to line manager any incidents, emergencies or accidents.
• Connect people to community resources, promoting digital inclusion and the use of assisted technology e.g. telecare
• 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.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• GCSE level Pass or equivalent in Maths and English
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car
• NVQ in a relevant topic (such as healthcare) or other relevant training

LENGTH AND/OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working with people, their families and carers who may be going through challenging experiences or difficult situations
• Confident with using IT systems and willing/able to be trained in specific systems
• Experience of working in a health or social care environment providing personal and intimate care to people
• Practical experience of motivating people encouraging independence
• Experience of working in the community in peoples homes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

£24,465 to £26,598 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

327-25-1020

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