Senior Reablement Worker - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
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.
Please note this role requires use of your own vehicle and a full driving licence
Do you have experience of
working with people in a health or social care environment?
helping to understand and motivate people who maybe going through challenging experiences or difficult situations?
being involved in practical, sometimes personal and intimate care provision for people, whilst encouraging independence?
undertaking assessments and or reviews and understand the principals of goal setting?
problem solving, learning and developing skills?
working as part of a team, whilst able to work on your own?
Do you want opportunities to develop and potentially to progress with your career?
If so this may be the role for you.
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.
Hours per week hours per week. Shift work 4 days on 4 off 7am - 6pm over an 8 week rolling shift pattern.
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.
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.
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it.
We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards.The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.
Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.
Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.
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.
Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's 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.
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