Rehabilitation Team Lead

Libertatem Healthcare Group; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS Paid for

Job summary

Libertatem Healthcare Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Rehab Assistant with leadership responsibilities to support a client with a Traumatic Brain Injury. You will help with daily living activities, rehabilitation and emotional support, and supervise other Rehab Assistants while coordinating therapy plans and schedules.

The role includes leading MDT communications, planning appointments, and ensuring safety and documentation across community/home settings.

Qualifications

• Experience working with clients with brain injury, neurological condition or mental health
• Comfortable working independently in community/home settings, with strong time management
• Excellent communication with client, family, and clinical team
• Full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to undergo one)
• Good IT skills, including Word and Excel
• Comfortable around animals (cats and dogs)
• Willingness to go swimming with client for physio/leisure activities

Responsibilities

• Direct Support: assist with cognitive rehabilitation, communication strategies, and activities of daily living; provide daily emotional support.
• Team leadership: act as point of contact for MDT and family; oversee therapy programmes and ensure plans and tasks are followed.
• Provide supervision to Rehab Assistants and identify training needs.
• Organise and lead RA meetings, create agendas, invite MDT members.
• Coordinate appointments, events and tasks; liaise with GP/pharmacist; manage risk assessments.
• Follow up incidents and investigations when required; support timely post/email communications.

Job description

Hours: 18 hours per week (6 Hours Team Leader duties remote; 12 hours Rehab Assistant duties Monday 10:00 – 16:00; Friday 10:00 – 16:00 – Can be flexible on days for the right candidate)

About the Role

You will be supporting a client with a Traumatic Brain Injury to achieve the highest level of independence in everyday functional tasks, and encourage active participation in goal-directed rehabilitation interventions. This includes assisting with functional daily living activities, supporting with organisation and planning, communication needs and providing emotional support. This client lives independently with their cat, enjoys community volunteering and creative hobbies and spending time with friends and family.

You will also undertake leadership responsibilities, including supervising the other Rehab Assistant, updating the rehabilitation plan and risk assessments, managing the rota and client schedule, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team and client’s family.

What We're Looking For

Due to the client’s need, we’re seeking a rehab assistant with:

• Experience working with clients with brain injury, neurological condition or mental health
• Comfortable working independently in community/home settings, with strong time management
• Some prior experience mentoring, supervising, or informally leading others (or a clear readiness to step into this)
• Excellent communication skills with client, their family, and the wider clinical team
• A full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Good IT skills, including competent in using Word and Excel
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to undergo one)
• Comfortable around animals, including cats and dogs
• Comfortable going swimming with the client as part of physio/leisure activities

Key Responsibilities

Direct Support

• Support client with cognitive rehabilitation, communication strategies, and activities of daily living
• Provide daily emotional support

Team leadership

• To actas a point of contactfor themembers of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and family members
• To overseeintroduction andfollowingof therapyprogrammesand ensureRehab Assistants arefollowingandcompletedall designated plans and tasks.
• Provide supervision to Rehab Assistants
• Provide feedback on session notes and Identifyany Rehab Assistant training needs
• Organiseand lead RA meeting, create agenda, invite relevant MDT members
• To plan and co-ordinate appointments,eventsand tasks
• To carry out background research into local vocational, recreational and leisure opportunities and present findings to wider professional team
• Oversee medication collection,liaisingwith GP/pharmacist. Ensuring appointments are booked and chase up test results.
• To follow up on any incidents and near misses and carry out investigations as and whenrequired.
• Toact as a point of contact for the rehabilitation assistants to support and co-ordinate dealing and actioningpost/email correspondencein a timely manner
• Supportive and friendly working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• DBS Paid for.

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About Us

The Libertatem Healthcare Group, part of Sonderwell, was established to provide the very best levels of care and support for clients who have sustained Personal Injuries or suffered from Medical Negligence.Operating on a national basis, Libertatem Healthcare Group can provide your clients with care and support wherever they are located. Our care and support packages put our client’s independence at the very centre of everything we do.

The Libertatem Healthcare Group is rated OUTSTANDING with the Care Quality Commission and is a registered provider with CIW in Wales.

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