Rehabilitation Support Worker - York

Brainkind Neurological Centre York; York (York County); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in neurorehabilitation seeks a Rehabilitation Support Worker. This role involves assisting individuals with brain injuries in their rehabilitation journey. Training provided; no specific experience needed; strong focus on personality and values.

Benefits

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Excellent training and support

Company Pension

Group Life Assurance

Eye Voucher Scheme

Long Service and Staff Awards

Free Parking

Qualifications

• Genuine empathy for residents with positivity and resilience.
• Excellent face-to-face communication skills.
• Good time management and ability to prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide support ensuring service users complete rehabilitation plans.
• Encourage independence for service users.
• Ensure maximum involvement in activities and decision making.

Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Communication

Time Management

Resilience

Job description

Brainkind, Neurological Centre, Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 1DE, UK

Job Description

Posted Friday 13 June 2025 at 23:00

Rehabilitation Support Worker Days/Nights

York

Salary: A competitive rate of upto £15.25 per hour

Hours: Full time contract 38.5 hrs

Shift times: 08:00 – 20:15 (1.25hrs break) and 20:15 – 08:15 (1.25hrs break)

Here is your opportunity to start a career in rehabilitation support work. You do not need experience in care or support roles – we provide a full induction and specialist training and coaching.

Working in brain injury rehabilitation is different to other kinds of support work. You’re there to encourage and guide individuals, helping them gain the skills and confidence to live independently.

You will share the journey with these inspiring people as they overcome hurdles, achieve milestones, and reach the goals they’ve set. Many of the people we support only stay for three months before they are ready to move on. You can make a massive difference in that time.Personal Care is a requirement of the job role for the people we support.

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK.Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals.Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

The Role

Brainkind Neurological Centre York, is a purpose-built 40-bed state-of-the-art independent hospital., providing high-quality neuropsychiatric, neurobehavioral assessment and rehabilitation for people following an acquired brain injury with a range of additional mental health and physical conditions.

As a Rehabilitation Support Worker, you will provide support to our service users appropriate to their individual needs ensuring that each service user completes their rehabilitation plans and is an independent as possible. You will ensure that our service Users have maximum involvement in their own activities and decision making.

You’ll get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.

About you

We’re not looking for any kind of specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a good fit for the role and our Charity. We can train and develop you to become a great rehabilitation support worker if you:

• Have genuine empathy for our residents, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through the difficult times of their rehabilitation.

•Enjoy teamwork and take pride in getting a job done well alongside your colleagues

•Have excellent face to face communication skills and a good standard of literacy

•Have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload.

Benefits Include:

• A competitive rate of £15.75 per hour
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days Annual Leave per year
• Health Cash Plan (from June)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and Support
• Company Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Eye Voucher Scheme
• Long Service and Staff Awards
• Free Parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

If this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by clickingApply Nowbutton.

Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

Brainkind, Neurological Centre, Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 1DE, UK