Rehabilitation Assistant Falls Prevention Service
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves assisting the Waltham Forest Falls Prevention Service in delivering high-standard therapy to community patients. The post holder will support the multi-professional team in assessing and implementing falls prevention treatment programmes and care plans. They will carry out agreed treatment programmes, sometimes working alone in patients' homes, and assist in delivering Falls Education and Balance Classes. The role requires monitoring patient progress and reporting changes to qualified therapists.
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2 or
- equivalent standard of
- literacy and numeracy
- -
- Willingness and ability
- to be trained and
- become competent in
- areas relating to
- Falls
- Prevention
- Short term
- rehabilitation
- Equipment
- provision
- within 6 months of
- appointment
Desirable criteria
- Formal training is
- health and social care
- Experience of working as
- part of a team.
- -
- Experience of working in
- a therapy/nursing
- assistant role or an
- equivalent related role
- Rehabilitation in both
- hospital and community
- settings.
- Knowledge of equipment
- and use in the home
- NVQ level 2 or
- equivalent standard of
- literacy and numeracy
- -
- Willingness and ability
- to be trained and
- become competent in
- areas relating to
- Falls
- Prevention
- Short term
- rehabilitation
- Equipment
- provision
- within 6 months of
- appointment
- Formal training is
- health and social care
- Experience of working as
- part of a team.
- -
- Experience of working in
- a therapy/nursing
- assistant role or an
- equivalent related role
- Rehabilitation in both
- hospital and community
- settings.
- Knowledge of equipment
- and use in the home
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Rehabilitation Assistant Falls Prevention Service
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Aim of the role:
The expectation of this post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to
achieve the Trusts Values in their day to day work. These are:
We are kind
We are respectful
We work together with our communities
The post holder will achieve this by:
The post holder will be a Rehabilitation Assistant (Band 3), assisting Waltham Forest Falls
Prevention Service in providing a high standard therapy service to patients within the
community.
This is by supporting the multi-professional team in the assessment and implementation of falls
prevention treatment programmes and care plans for patients who may have diverse
presentations and varying physical and psychological conditions.
Agreed treatment programmes / care plans will be carried out by the post holder, at times,
working alone within the patients home.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
1. To carry out prescribed treatment programmes and care plans with patients including
those with diverse or complex disabilities and multi pathologies, seeking assistance from
a qualified member of the Waltham Forest Falls Prevention Service as required.
2. To monitor treatment / care plans and evaluate patient progress to a satisfactory
outcome
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