Rehabilitation Support Worker (Maternity Cover)

Homecaredirect; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading home care provider is seeking a Rehabilitation Support Worker on a fixed-term contract to assist a young man with a brain injury. You'll offer personal care and support, promoting his independence while working closely with his family and therapists. This rewarding role pays £19 to £21 per hour, with the potential for it to become permanent, pending the client’s needs.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Ongoing support from dedicated staff

Employee benefits including discount cards and awards

Qualifications

• Experience in providing personal care and companionship.
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
• Good level of physical fitness required.

Responsibilities

• Assist a young man with a brain injury to live independently.
• Provide personal care, companionship, and support in various activities.
• Help manage daily living tasks such as meal preparation and budgeting.

Skills

Compassion

Trustworthiness

Communication Skills

Physical Fitness

Education

Previous care experience

Job description

Rehabilitation Support Worker (Maternity Cover)

Rehabilitation Support Worker (Maternity Cover)

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Location: Bramcote, Nottingham, East Midlands

Hours: 36 hours a week – Fixed Term

Pay: £19.00 to £21.00 per hour

About HomeCareDirect

HomeCareDirect is a national service provider and a leader in personalised home care. We are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care, while supporting our staff with top-quality training, supervision and development opportunities.

Benefits Of Being a Personal Care Assistant

• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced bank holiday pay
• Ongoing support from a dedicated Regional Care Lead and Nurse
• 24/7 on-call support
• Career development opportunities and personal development plan
• Employee benefits including: a Blue Light discount card, Long Service Awards, PA of the Quarter Awards and wellbeing options including 24/7 confidential support provided by Spectrum Life
  
  

The role of this Personal Care Assistant

Our personal care assistants join our client’s support team, providing reliable, essential care and support in their home. You will be employed by HomeCareDirect on behalf of the client and your focus will be to support them only. This role will be to cover maternity leave until April 2026 and is for 36hrs a week, however there is a possibility that the role could become permanent. The hours of work will be between 8am and 8pm, Friday to Sunday, to suit the needs of the client.

About The Client And Duties

This is a rewarding opportunity to support a young man with a brain injury as he lives independently at home. Your role will be to empower him to lead an active and fulfilling life by providing personal care, companionship and assistance in engaging with a diverse range of multi-disciplinary therapies.

A key aspect of this role involves supporting him in social and sporting activities, helping him build meaningful connections and assisting with daily living tasks such as meal preparation, support with health & fitness, diary management, managing finances.

We are seeking a compassionate and proactive individual to work closely with him, his family and therapists to enhance his quality of life to the fullest.

You should be able to demonstrate core values that align with our clients which demonstrate a willingness to learn, honesty and integrity and living life to the full.

You will ideally have experience working in a similar role and have a good level of physical fitness to support effective manual handling. You must be compassionate, trustworthy and able to work with initiative, within a family home who have dogs.

Requirements

Training and Support:

We Provide Comprehensive, Paid Training To CQC Standards Covering:

• Full induction
• Safeguarding Adults
• Health & Safety / First Aid / Food Hygiene
• Moving & Handling
• Personal care / Pressure Area Care / Gastrostomy Care
• Medication Administering / MCA & DOLS
• Brain Injury Awareness / Dysphagia / Dysarthria
  
  

All training must be completed before the start date, with training hours paid at minimum wage

Requirements:

• Driver with a full, clean UK driving licence who can drive an adapted vehicle (van sized)
• Previous care experience
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
• Good level of physical fitness
• Happy to work in a family home with dogs
• Non-smoker due to working in a family home
• Commitment to long-term, person-centred care
• You must be reliable, compassionate and committed to respecting confidentiality
  
  

Benefits

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying for this vacancy.

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