Rehabilitation Assistant


Job description

This role offers a challenging yet exciting opportunity to play a key role within a pioneering and innovative rehabilitation service located in Belfast, providing high quality specialist support to people in NI with an alcohol-related brain injury (ARBI). As a Rehabilitation Assistant, you will have the opportunity to bring your passion and enthusiasm to the largest pan disability charity in the UK, making a real difference to the lives of our customers. .

Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the Service Manager, you will assist people with an ARBI to rediscover and learn life skills to aid the progression towards rehabilitation.
  • Assist in the development of personal and community living skills through maximising the options available, encouraging choice, participation and motivation.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

  • Be registered with NISCC. 
  • Have a full driving licence (where driving is required)
  • Be able to work flexibly within rostered hours and be prepared to participate in an on-call rota if required by the respective service
  • Be familiar with the needs assessment and rehabilitation planning process
  • Hold a level 2 in food hygiene or be willing to attain it once in post
  • Have previous experience working in a complex needs setting
  • Have experience of providing personal care
  • Have Level 2 in Health and Social Care (Adults)

Further Information

Employee schemes and benefits to include: holiday entitlement; choice to buy or sell annual leave, depending on needs (salary sacrifice); pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit; access to cash health plan at very competitive rates; discounted tariffs with 02; cycle to Work; employee Assistance Programme (EAP), including face-to-face counselling, as appropriate. A satisfactory Access NI disclosures check is required for this post.

Vacancy ID
1550097
Job ref.
10097
Job Sector
Medical and Healthcare
Area
Belfast
Location
Castlereagh
Salary
£12.18 per hour
No. vacancies
2
Contract Type
Permanent
Weekly hours
0
Published date
24/05/2022
Closing date
30/06/2022
Worktime
Days and nights

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