Job summary
The Optalis Short-Term Support and Rehabilitation Team (STS&R) provides reablement care and support to people who have recently been discharged from hospital. Reablement is a short-term, goal-oriented support service aimed at helping people regain their independence after an illness, injury, or hospitalisation. Instead of doing tasks for someone, reablement professionals work with individuals to build or rebuild skills so they can manage daily activities on their own, such as dressing, cooking, or moving around safely. The focus is on empowering people to maintain as much independence as possible, improving their confidence and quality of life.
STS&R is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Rehabilitation Care Assistants providing support to customers across the Royal Borough of Maidenhead and Windsor.
Main duties of the job
We are recruiting for Rehabilitation Care Assistants to expand our current team and increase capacity for supporting customers back to their own homes.
We are able to offer full-time and part-time roles, covering a mix of morning and afternoon shifts on a rota basis with requirements for alternate weekends; there are no night requirements.
As a Rehabilitation Care Assistant, you will support customers in their own homes with rebuilding their confidence and regaining their independence. Following a person-centred care plan created by our team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, you will engage and motivate customers to work toward their recovery goals. There will also be a need to support with care needs, such as personal care, moving and positioning, administering medication and some domestic duties.
Whilst the service is based out of Maidenhead Town Hall, this role is primarily visiting customers at various locations across the borough. It is essential that you are able to drive and have your own vehicle.
As our customers receive a maximum of six weeks support, your caseload will be varied and will change regularly, truly making no two weeks the same.
About us
Optalis is a LATCo (Local Authority Trading Company) jointly owned by Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
In addition to running two reablement services - START in Wokingham and STS&R in Maidenhead - Optalisdelivers adult social care on behalf of the two local authorities. We have over 50 services across the WBC and RBWM boroughs, supporting adults with learning disabilities to live independently, as well as providing dementia and nursing care for older people.
We provide stable employment and opportunities to develop yourself and advance your career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Purpose of RoleThe role of the rehabilitation assistant is integral to the service and vital in enabling the service to support those that wish to remain at home for end of life care, prevent hospital admission and enable residents to leave hospital earlier to continue rehabilitation and recovery at home. The role is supported by a team of therapists guiding and educating in the delivery of physiotherapy and occupation therapy programmes.
Responsibilities include;
1. To deliver safe and skilled person centred support to residents of RBWM in their own homes. This can include personal care, meal preparation, medications and rehabilitation programmes.
2. To provide detailed feedback to the therapy team/service coordinators and duty officers to enable the rehabilitation plans to be reviewed and updated as the service user progresses back to independence, the service provides equipment to allow the team to manage this.
3. To report any deterioration and or changes in condition to enable appropriate medical interventions to take place, this may include liaising with district nurses, GPs, social workers and other allied health professionals.
4. To confidently use initiative and decision-making skills in order to keep the service users safe and free from harm in the community.
5. To participate fully in weekly and monthly team meetings, supervision and appraisal process.
6. To work with families and carers to explain, and support them to understand, the rehabilitation process.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further detail of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience
Desirable
7. Experience of working with vulnerable adults
8. Experience of working in a community-based role
Qualifications
Essential
9. Full UK Driving Licence
10. Willingness to undertake Care Certificate