Senior Rehabilitation Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves supporting adults of all ages to maintain independence within their home settings, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will implement treatment programs, monitor progress, and assist registered practitioners with complex treatments. The position focuses on promoting independence, dignity, and choice, and includes participating in new initiatives like the Urgent Community Response Team and Virtual Ward. You will work across Calderdale, supporting hospital discharges and preventing unnecessary admissions.
Key responsibilities
- Implement treatment to protocols and based on competencies.
- Monitor progress and provide feedback to registered practitioners or assistant practitioners.
- Make minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre-determined limits.
- Assist registered practitioners with complex treatments.
- Assess for, order, and issue predetermined basic equipment according to protocols and established guidelines.
- Act within the limits of your competence and authority, reporting significant changes in a patient's condition to a registered practitioner.
Essential criteria
- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- Recent experience of working in a rehabilitation or reablement environment
- Recent relevant experience working in a multidisciplinary team in health/social care setting
- Recent relevant experience of dealing with adult clients with complex needs and their carers
- Understanding of rehabilitation and re-ablement principles
- An understanding of the needs and issues concerning illness and disability
- An understanding of the issues when working in the user's own home
- Recent relevant experience of instructing adults to perform practical tasks
- IT literate (email/internet/electronic patient records)
- Good time management skills and able to work to deadlines
- Able to work on own following agreed protocols, seeking help appropriately, particularly around unforeseen circumstances
- Able to use initiative but be aware of limitations of role
- Problems solving/decision making skills based on patient/client needs
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of competency-based training in relevant field
- Recent relevant experience of working in a community setting
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.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 3d
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Rehabilitation Assistant
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
Be a key member of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team providing support to adults of all ages who do not require specialist acute hospital admission but require support to maintain their independence within their home setting. Placing emphasis on promoting and maintaining individuals' independence, dignity, and choice, undertaking medical, nursing or therapy related treatment programs or social care intervention to support and enable people. Working across the whole of Calderdale, caring and supporting individuals within their own homes. Participate in new initiatives and future changes in care delivery including the Urgent Community Response Team and the Virtual Ward. Support hospital discharges and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals. The UCR team delivers a seven-day service with staff working on a rota basis for different shift patterns covering the whole of Calderdale. The service focuses on the delivery of rapid assessment and intervention for adults of all ages who do not require specialist acute hospital admission but who require crisis intervention within a community setting. This may be due to an alteration in their physical or psychological well-being, or a temporary change in their social circumstances which mak
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