AddressThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Rehabilitation Assistant
- Job Location: Great Western Court, Gloucester
- Salary: £24,294 - £25,545 per annum (pro rata)
- Benefits: Free parking and a range of benefits!
- Hours per Week: Part time - 21 hours or 25 hours plus enhanced payment for working weekends, evenings and bank holidays
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 11/02/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 5193
Watching someone achieve the remarkable. Giving someone quality time and support. This is why we do it. This is why we care.
As part of our Adult Social Care team, amazing moments like these will be part of daily life as you support those who need us most. What’s more, you’ll help us take our service to new heights. Add to that an array of brilliant benefits and you’ve got a rewarding role in every sense.
Our short video will give you an idea of what it's like to work in our Adult Social Care team, please click here.
About the role
We have two part time Rehabilitation Assistant positions (21 hours and 25 hours per week) in a multi-disciplinary team within our Rehabilitation Services. Our centre at Great Western Court in Gloucester is designed to support individuals with all aspects of their rehabilitation and care programs following either a discharge from hospital or admittance from the community. We provide 24-hour care for planned, unplanned and emergency stays. In this highly rewarding role, you’ll create a positive, caring and stimulating environment that meets every resident’s needs.
The goal is to make sure residents enjoy fulfilling and dignified lives – and you will play a big part in that. You will contribute to promoting the independence and reablement of the people we care for in day-to-day activities, each of which will have an outcome focused care plan to meet identified needs.
You’ll join us on a shift basis, which will include weekend working as required. We are happy to discuss your requirements around weekend working at interview. You will be eligible to claim for enhanced payments for working evenings, weekends and bank holidays. You should also be flexible to help out at other locations if required.
This is an interesting and varied role within an established and supportive team, making a difference to people in Gloucestershire.
About you
You will have experience of working in a care setting and helping individuals with personal care, monitoring of progress of the people we care for within the setting and contributing to the ongoing assessment of their needs with the multi-disciplinary team.
You will also have experience of recording and updating of care plans. Practical and positive, with every opportunity to learn, you’ll also be keen to develop and take our service from strength to strength.
Our valuesare at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.
About us
It’s a fantastic time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as we transform our Adult Social Care services. Through our team, we’re helping people with increasingly complex needs to remain independent and have a say in how they live. To succeed, we need people who’ll go the extra mile to see others well and happy and give families peace of mind. People who know that caring is the most rewarding feeling around.
Join us, and you’ll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. Meanwhile, we’ll thank you with a range of excellent benefits and give you the training and support to develop your career. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.
Apply now
Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Profile (see link below).
Your application should include examples of why you should be considered and cover the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.
For an informal discussion with the team manager, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.ukor apply by clicking on the button below!
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Rehabilitation Assistant Job Profile
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
