Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

GROW INTO A NEW ROLE IN WALTHAM FOREST NELFT.

Are you interested in supporting peoples’ health and promoting independence in their own home?
NELFT Waltham Forest is the place for you!
You will be working alongside Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in the Waltham Forest Rehabilitation Service. The service aims to provide short term intensive functional rehabilitation for up to six weeks.

It is an exciting time to work in our services in Waltham Forest.
We have a wide range of training and development opportunities available.
We are seeking applicants that embody our values to:

* Putting people first
* Prioritising quality
* Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
* Being professional and honest
* Promoting what is possible – independence, opportunity and choice

Main duties of the job

If you are passionate about: 
- Providing a high quality therapy service to patients
- Supporting the multi-professional team in the implementation of therapy based treatment programmes
- Working effectively in a team environment and being a great communicator. 
- Working flexibly over 7 days

Then we would love to receive your application.

Our focus is putting the patient in control of their health and wellbeing. The vision is for people to live well for longer leading more socially active independent lives, reducing admissions to hospital, and enabling access to treatment more quickly.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Rehabilitation Assistant who wants to use and develop their skills in working with adults and older people, in their own home.

Working for our organisation

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

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).

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 in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles.Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

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.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Other health or social care training/qualification relevant to the role

Experience

Essential criteria

previous experience of working in health or social care previous experience of working in a rehab setting experience of working within a team

Desirable criteria

awareness of physiotherapy and occupational therapy goals awareness of IT systems RIO

Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrates good written skills Competent with basic IT skills

Desirable criteria

Experience using Microsoft packages

Skills for Health and Social Care

Essential criteria

Ability to provide person centered care

Desirable criteria

Experience with providing therapy interventions

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.