Rehabilitation Support Worker

Do you believe you could support patients when they return home from hospital? Would you like to be a valued member of our forward-thinking community teams? If so, then come and join our Home First programme.

Within Wiltshire Health Cares successful Home First programme we have a vacancy within the Warminster and Westbury Community team based at Warminster Community Hospital.

The Home First Service provides therapy, care and support in peoples own homes for the first few weeks after discharge from hospital, and rehabilitation to promote independence in activities of daily living.

You will be required to hold a level 3 Health and Social care apprenticeship (or equivalent) or be willing to work towards.

We want to meet applicants keen to develop into this rehabilitation role or who have existing transferrable skills. Our support workers are also required to undertake the care certificate if they are do not already hold this qualification.

Main duties of the job

Applicants need to have enthusiasm and commitment to working within a community-based team and to have recent experience of working in or in partnership with community services within the NHS or Social Care.

It is envisaged that the majority of the work will be between 8am and 9pm, split into shifts of 08.00 14.00 and 15.00 21.00 for part time workers, 7 days a week. You will also be given mobile devices to support you to be able to provide a responsive and person-centred service 7 days a week. This post is for 30 hours per week over 5 days.

We want enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking people who can work flexibly and efficiently. We would like you to have effective communication skills, good IT knowledge, and the enthusiasm to develop.

All Wiltshire Health and Care staff are expected to work seamlessly across multi-professional community services and to forge close links with other local services particularly those working in social care.

We are a dynamic and supportive community service, and this is an exciting new opportunity to deliver the Home First service across West Wiltshire., We would welcome any requests for an informal visit to meet the team and answer any questions that you may have.

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!