# Rehabilitation Support Worker

**Company**: East London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £31554.00 to £33270.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a confident proactive individual within Tower Hamlets Community Health Teams. A rehabilitation support worker is required to assist physiotherapists/occupational therapists in providing treatment to patients. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out rehabilitation programs with patients, as devised by the physiotherapist/occupational therapist, to maximise patient's mobility and independence in daily activities in their own home.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Under direction of the physiotherapist/occupational therapist, contribute to the provision of rehabilitation programs to clients referred with primarily physical disabilities.

- To be responsible for own time management and provision of rehabilitation programs with designated clients.

- To continually report client progress back to the physiotherapist/occupational therapist, both verbally and written.

- To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, liaising with nursing and therapy staff with regard to designated clients.

- To develop a range of rehabilitation skills working with clients with physical disability.

**Person Specification:**

- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (Essential)

- Ability to undertake Manual Handling activities (Essential)

- Previous community and patient experience (Desirable)

- Knowledge and experience of Rehabilitation/Therapy skills and activities (Desirable)

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £31,554 to £33,270 per annum

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 3 position

- Permanent, full-time contract

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## Skills

### Required
- Manual Handling
- Rehabilitation skills
- Health and Social Care

### Nice to have
- Previous community and patient experience
- Knowledge and experience of Rehabilitation/Therapy skills and activities

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