Joining our Reablement Team as a Community Reablement Assistant Level 2, you'll help to support adults over the age of 18 across Hampshire who may be experiencing a need for additional care and support. Our aim is to maximise their independence and potential, as well as reduce, avoid or delay the need for ongoing care whilst supporting them to remain living at home.
Our team of Community Reablement Assistants, Occupational Therapists, and Sensory Officers work in partnership with Health colleagues to offer support, encouragement, and guidance to those with short or long-term conditions and frailties, as well as supporting those coming out of hospital.
Main duties of the job
What you'll do:
* Drive to service users' homes and work independently to carry out reablement intervention.
* Work towards enabling service users' independence in daily living tasks and personal care.
* Deliver hands-on care.
* Write up medication.
* Undertake risk assessments.
* Complete and review service users' goals.
* Complete working supervisions with Community Reablement Assistants Level 1 and support their development.
* Use a variety of IT systems such as MS Teams and email.
What we're looking for:
* Experience of working within a social or health care setting.
* Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Sound literacy and numerical skills.
* Sound IT skills.
* Motivated and able to work on own initiative.
* Good observation, listening, and feedback skills with the ability to seek advice from other appropriate professionals.
* Good team player.
* Able to prioritise delegated workload and demonstrate effective time management skills.
* Willingness to be inducted and trained in enabling skills.
In return, you'll receive professional ongoing training, a comprehensive induction, and the full support of the wider team.
About us
Working Patterns:
Our Service runs 07:00-22:00, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, therefore you'll be required to work evenings and/or public holidays and/or weekends as part of your Normal Working Hours for which enhancements are paid in line with the HCC salary policy. Details of the working patterns available will be discussed in more detail during the selection process.
To learn more about this role, please review our Candidate Pack available on our website. Please click on the Apply button for details.
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.
£26,918 to £29,616 a year.
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