Senior Rehabilitation Assistant

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

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Cinderford seeks a Senior Rehabilitation Assistant to support individuals arriving home from hospitalization. The role involves assessing needs and providing care to promote independence effectively. With training opportunities and a supportive team, this permanent full-time position offers a chance to make a genuine difference in people's lives.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a health or social care environment is essential.
• Experience working with families and carers during challenging situations.
• Ability to undertake assessments and motivate service users.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments and manage risks for individuals.
• Encourage independence and support rehabilitation goals.
• Work with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.

Skills

Team working

Communication

Motivational skills

Education

NVQ in a relevant topic

A level pass (or equivalent)

Job description

Job summary

Hours per week - 36.75 hours per week.

Shift work 4 days on 4 off 8am - 7pm over an 8 week rolling shift pattern. Alternative hours maybe considered within these working hours / shift patterns.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated person who wants to take up a new role working with people in their own homes? We can offer you training, development opportunities, regular supervision and support.

The Reablement and Home First Team provide vital short-term services to people by helping them to regain or attain as much independence as they can in their own homes. The therapy led team works to: resettle people after a hospital stay and with people to identify and work on goals that will help them to live well at home

Main duties of the job

Senior Rehabilitation Assistants work with our Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Reablement Coordinators to undertake assessments and provide review to ensure people are receiving the right level of input and / or re working on their outcome based goals.

Senior Rehabilitation Assistants work as part of a close team undertaking activities according to people's individual goal plans, encouraging them to do as much as possible for themselves, to live well and safely in their own homes. They also work with the Reablement coordinators to support and maintain quality standards of work delivered by the Rehabilitation Assistants.

Your role will involve completing assessments, determining risks and how to manage them, communicating and recording your feedback to others involved in people's rehabilitation.

You will need to be able to drive around the locality to work with people in their homes. Team working and communication skills are essential. You will be confident with handling IT systems to update written notes and electronic records.

The service runs between 7am and 10pm, 365 days a year. There are pay enhancements for unsociable hours, as stipulated by Agenda for Change. For more information please see the Additional Information link to the shift patterns and search for NHS Unsocial Hours Payments for more information.

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.

Details Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-439

Job locations

Cinderford Health Centre

Ow Bist, Forest Community Space

Cinderford

GL142AQ

Job description Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

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

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

Job description Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

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

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

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS Essential

• NVQ in a relevant topic (such as health care) or other relevant training

Desirable

• A level pass (or equivalent)

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE Essential

• Experience of working in a health or social care environment
• Experience of working with people, their families and carers who may be going through challenging experiences or difficult situations
• Experience of utilising professional judgement to undertake assessments/review progress in a health or care setting
• Practical experience of motivating service users; encouraging independence

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS Essential

• NVQ in a relevant topic (such as health care) or other relevant training

Desirable

• A level pass (or equivalent)

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE Essential

• Experience of working in a health or social care environment
• Experience of working with people, their families and carers who may be going through challenging experiences or difficult situations
• Experience of utilising professional judgement to undertake assessments/review progress in a health or care setting
• Practical experience of motivating service users; 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 details Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cinderford Health Centre

Ow Bist, Forest Community Space

Cinderford

GL142AQ

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cinderford Health Centre

Ow Bist, Forest Community Space

Cinderford

GL142AQ

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)