Senior Community Rehabilitation Assistant

NHS; Woking; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Woking is seeking a Senior Community Rehabilitation Assistant to join their Urgent Community Response service. The role involves preventing hospital admissions, managing a caseload, and being part of a supportive multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have NVQ levels 1 and 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent and a passion for community health. The position offers competitive pay, excellent training, and development opportunities.

Benefits

NHS pay and pensions

Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Knowledge of community health and social care issues.
• Relevant experience that supports good communication skills.
• Experience working in community health and social care.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Senior Community Rehabilitation Assistant within a home-based service.
• Manage a delegated caseload under supervision.
• Assist in running a high-quality Urgent Community Response service.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Education

NVQ level 1 and 2 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)

Willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Senior Community Rehabilitation Assistant

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals with experience in health and social care to join our highly regarded Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service, based at Woking Community Hospital. We provide a 24-hour, 7 Day urgent responsive NHS community services to patients across Northwest Surrey as part of an integrated service with Surrey Adult Social Care Teams. The Out of Hours UCR Team work overnight forming part of the 24-hour UCR service and there is flexibility within the UCR team to work across days, nights and to do internal rotation.

Working as a member of the multi-disciplinary UCR team you will work with patients within an agreed level of competence, who may require management and/or rehabilitation interventions in their own environment to prevent acute hospital admissions and to support complex hospital discharges.

Please note we do NOT offer UKVI sponsorship, all applicants require right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

To work as a Senior Community Rehabilitation Assistant, as part of the home-based Urgent Community Response (UCR) service, aiding rehabilitation and preventing hospital admissions.

To work both independently and as part of a team managing a delegated caseload, under the guidance and supervision of a qualified professional e.g. Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Nurse and paramedics. To assist the UCR coordinators in maintaining the smooth running of the service and to work towards achieving a high quality and effective Urgent Community Response service, by being a proactive and integrated member of the team.

Providing a seven-day service within recognised shift patterns which can include being part of the Day service or part the Out of Hours (OOH) service as UCR provides support over 24 hours, 7 days a week

About us

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey's largest and longestestablished NHS community services provider, so our 500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are heard at Board level. CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

Job responsibilities

Post Title:Urgent Community Response Senior Community Rehabilitation Assistant

Band:3

Business Unit: NWS Adults CSH Surrey, Same Day Urgent Care (SDUC)

Responsible to:Urgent Community Response Clinical Lead

Accountable to:Urgent Community Response Service Manager

Kindly refer to the attached Job Description for comprehensive information about the position.

Person Specification

Skills

• Basic IT skills

Experience

• Knowledge of community health and social care issues.
• Relevant experience that supports good communication skills.
• Experience working in community health and social care.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 1 and 2 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent).
• Willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care.

Others

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.

£26,240 to £27,928 a year Inclusive of 5% HCA's per annum pro rata