Rehabilitation Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Rehabilitation Assistant

Ipswich

Salary: £11.44 per hour plus 30% for weekend and unsociable hours (8pm 6am)

Hours: 37.5 per week

Why join us?

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 will find a dedicated team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

MAIN PURPOSE:

The purpose of this position is to carry out high quality holistic person-centred care and support to service users, to reach their full rehabilitation potential.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To participate fully in the Care Plan process in the role of Associate Key Worker including assessment, implementation, and evaluation

To promote choice in the delivery of rehabilitation, care, and support. Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals experience. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives

To attend to and assist clients in achieving a high standard of physical care, including diet, hygiene, and appearance. To provide a high standard of personal care to clients in a sensitive and respectful manner, and help them maintain their morale

To monitor the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary

To work with therapists/team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional recovery

To ensure that rehabilitation goals, strategies, and procedures are implemented and reinforced throughout the 24-hour period

To observe strict confidentiality in respect of any information regarding clients or information relating to the running of the Care and Rehabilitation Services

To promote an organisational culture where staff are empowered to challenge inappropriate behaviour and unsafe practice using appropriate organisational processes including the internal whistle-blowing policy

To seek feedback on all incidents reported by the post holder through DATIX

To participate openly and honestly in any investigation regarding care delivery

Where there has been harm to a person in our care to work with the line manager to ensure that the service user and /or their representative are informed of the facts surrounding any incident (see explanation re Duty of Candour in Incident and Near Miss Reporting Procedure)

To ensure accurate reporting and documentation

To be an active and co-operative team member. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting new staff

In order to facilitate the safe and smooth running of the Service, employees are expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally take on reasonable additional tasks

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.

• A competitive salary of£11.44 per hour
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance.
• Eye voucher scheme
• Nationwide employee staff discounts incl. gym membership, eating out and shopping.
• Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.

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.

*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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• S/NVQ /QCF Level 2 or other relevant subject/training
• Willing to study S/NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care and committed to taking part in QCF studies with the intention of achieving Level 3

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

Brainkind

Address

The Chantry Neurological Care Centre

Hadley Road

Ipswich

IP2 0BP

Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)