Rehabilitation Assistant - Stroud

NHS; Stroud; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Rehabilitation Assistant in Stroud. This role offers extensive training and the opportunity to support individuals in their homes, focusing on enhancing their independence post hospital stay. Applicants should have a caring attitude, basic IT skills, and a desire to develop in the healthcare sector.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Structured development plan with Care Certificate

Qualifications

• Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills.
• GCSE pass or equivalent qualification to Level 2 Functional skills Maths and English.
• NVQ in relevant topic or other training.

Responsibilities

• Support personal care and medication for patients.
• Participate in the delivery of care as part of a Health Service.
• Encourage independence and motivate individuals.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

GCSE pass or equivalent

NVQ in healthcare or relevant training

Care Certificate

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Rehabilitation Assistant - Stroud

The closing date is 11 July 2025

Gloucestershire Health and Care (GHC) are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated individuals across the county who want to work with people in their communities. We can offer training, development opportunities, regular supervision and support. We are looking for those who would like full time, or evening work.

The Reablement and Home First Team provide vital short-term services to people in their homes to help them regain as much independence as possible after a stay in hospital, an injury or illness. Duty's for the success candidate may include supporting people with personal care, meal preparation, supporting with medication and supervising exercise programmes.

No previous experience in a paid/unpaid caring role is required but is an advantage. To be successful in this role you should:

• Enjoy and have experience working with people;
• understand what motivates people;
• be comfortable being involved in practical, sometimes personal and intimate care provision for people;
• have a desire to learn and develop skills;
• able to work alone and in a team setting
• have basic IT skills

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.

Main duties of the job

We provide a 7day service between the hours of 07.00-22.00. There are Full-time & Part time roles available which operate on 4 days on, 4 days off schedule or 2 days on, 6 days off rolling rota.

The following shifts are currently highly sought after for this locality:

Am - 08.00-13:30 (4 on 4 off)

Pm - 17.00-22:00 (4 on 4 off)

Full time post (0.98) work a split shift. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, please get in touch with the recruiting manager (name below) as we are happy to discuss varying shift patterns.

Please note that this role is locality based visiting people and therefore it is essential that all applicants have a valid driving licence for the UK and access to a vehicle that they can use for work purposes

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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 ofbelonging 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

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Please note that this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship and therefore we are only able to consider applicants with unrestricted right to work in the UK due to the role not currently meeting the UK Governments Visa's & Immigration's requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of ahigh standard, and to challenge others who are not.

You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills, GCSE pass or equivalent qualification to Level 2 Functional skills Maths and English
• NVQ in a relevant topic (such as healthcare) or other relevant training
• Care Certificate

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 the community and in peoples own homes
• Experience of working in a health or social care environment providing personal and intimate care to people.
• Practical experience of motivating people encouraging independence

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

£24,169 to £25,674 a yearper annum, pro rata