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

Have you got experience of working in health or social care and looking for the next challenge?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

The post holder will assist clients in a range of daily living tasks, for example with transfers, mobility, washing and dressing, toileting, household tasks, meal preparation. In this role you will always work to a rehabilitation philosophy enabling clients to be as independent as possible.

You will need to have an understanding of the needs of the client group and be able to work flexibly between the hours of 07:00 and 21:00 seven days a week (on a rota) in order to meet the needs of the service.

You will demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of providing rehabilitation and social care in client’s own home, to join the newly commissioned Bridging Care and Rehabilitation Service.
The service is designed to provide short term packages of care and some rehabilitation in order to:

Facilitate timely safe discharge from acute hospital care Help prevent unnecessary admissions to care homes Help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions Help to regain confidence with living skills or support with long term care needs until such time a Social Services / private package of care can commence. Promote a reablement and rehabilitation approach to care to enable patient to regain a level of independence.

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 the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

 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.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Health and Social Care training. NVQ level 3 or equivalent Good standard of written and spoken English.

Desirable criteria

Care certificate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of Reablement or Long term Homecare services Previous experience in a health care setting Working as a member of a team

Desirable criteria

Willingness to develop new skills.

Skills

Essential criteria

Communication/telephone skills. Basic awareness of IT and IT skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Able to work in a demanding environment and meet deadlines Ability to undertake manual handling procedures in line with Organisation Policy. Empathy for different client groups and awareness of skills of older people Health & Safety in a primary care setting.

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.