Rehabilitation Support Worker Level 1

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Not specified
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Social Care
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SKILLS

Communication Interpersonal Skills Brain Injury Support Rehabilitation Plans Daily Living Assistance Moving and Handling Record Keeping Flexibility

FULL DESCRIPTION

Rehabilitation Support Worker Level 1

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd is hiring a Male Rehabilitation Support Worker Level 1 to provide care and support to a client with brain injury. This is a full-time, on-site role requiring flexibility for evenings, weekends, and sleep-in duties. No salary specified.

Job Description

Main Purpose of the Job: To provide contact, care and support according to the needs and wishes of the client, to enable the client to function in their home and in the community to their maximum potential.

Responsible to: The client and his/her family

Accountable to: The Care Coordinator

Duties and Responsibilities

Administrative

  • To work flexibly as required by the needs of the client and the company.
  • You will be required to liaise effectively with the Care Coordinator regarding rota for weekly activities, to ensure smooth running and to highlight any new ideas.
  • To develop and maintain effective communication with the client, family and therapists.
  • To follow support plans and Risk assessments.
  • You will be required to keep accurate daily records of each shift completed with the client and to complete appropriate documentation as requested from the Care Coordinator.
  • To complete accurate money recording, handover notes and file notes as requested by the Care Coordinator.
  • You will be required to communicate any concerns (accidents and Incidents) promptly and document accordingly.
  • To complete and send in timesheets on a weekly basis to the office.
  • To attend and participate in relevant training sessions.
  • To attend meetings when required to do so by the Care coordinator.

Rehabilitation Support Provision

  • As Rehabilitation Support worker and working under the direction of the Care Coordinator, you will assist with the implementation of appropriate support to individual clients.
  • To encourage, minimal support and assist the client to develop their existing skills of daily living/domestic activities in the following areas: Therapy programs: follow support plan, therapist guidelines in relation to healthcare needs. Social skills, communication & development. Leisure & hobbies: assist with community activities. Daily living activities: Prompt and supervise client undertaking their own household duties, preparation of meals. Maintaining safety. Moderate challenging behavioural needs.
  • To ensure the health and well-being of the client by liaising closely with the client/family and accordance with the support plan.

Other Duties

  • To ensure health & Safety of client at home and out in the community.
  • To maintain client privacy and confidentiality at all times.
  • To carry out any other reasonable duties as dictated by the needs of the company.
  • To recognise that staff are visitors in the client’s home.

Person Specification

SkillsEssentialDesirable
Attainments/ExperienceRelevant previous experience of supporting clients with brain injury or other impairments. Experience of community based rehabilitation. Experience in the use of rehabilitation plans/timetables and of working in partnership with other agencies.Knowledge of brain injury. NVQ level two/three in care. Computer skills. Current certificate of administration of medication. Current certificate of moving and handling. Food hygiene and basic cooking skills. Current first aid certificate. Knowledge of Health & Safety issues. Knowledge of the local area.
PhysicalAble to comply with moving and handling risk assessments and good general health to comply with the demands of the post.
CircumstancesCar driver. Available to work flexible shifts, including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays and to undertake sleep-in duties. Practical ability and skills in a range of social and domestic tasks. Accompany the client on short breaks/holidays either in the UK or abroad.
Personal characteristicsPunctual, Reliable, Flexible, Good sense of humour, Patient, Understanding, Trustworthy

This description represents an outline of the major components of the job and is not intended to be exhaustive. It may, with consultation, be subject to additions/amendments as the need arises.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd - April 2016

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