Reablement Support worker | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for NELFT providing support to the residents of Redbridge. This is an exciting opportunity to full your potential of providing support to those that are under our care. When you join NELFT you'll be joining a Trust where patients, service users and carers are our top priority. You have every reason to consider joining our team to help us continue to meet this priority and deliver on our commitments. Using a reablement approach the post holder will facilitate service user independence and empowerment as far as possible about existing medical conditions and disabilities and assist the service user to learn or regain skills with personal, domestic and social tasks as part of their therapeutic plan. · · · Ensure that at all stages of a service user's assessment and reassessment the service user and carers are kept fully informed of their rights and have access to all relevant information. · To give holistic care to service users in the community, such as in the service users home, health centre / clinic and residential home. · To hold a delegated caseload commensurate with the level of expertise. · To plan and organise own delegated work. · To participate in a duty rota to provide care for the service users to include unsociable hours. Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). High-Cost Area Supplement This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part time staff. Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. · To provide service users and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life. · To ensure practice is supported by evidence based practice, literature and peer review. · To work alone at times in the clinical environment and in the community and always with access to support and support and supervision. · To maintain statistical returns as required by the Organisation, including entering data onto the RIO system within the required time frame.

• To attend and contribute to team, locality and other relevant meetings.
• To report and document any incident or accident occurring to a service user or a member