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Reablement Support Worker
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
179-8270374-I
Employer
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Suffolk Hospital
Town
Bury St. Edmunds
Salary
£25,272 - £27,476 Pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/10/2026 08:00
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B2/3 Reablement Support Worker (Development Post)

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

The Support to Go Home Service is looking for a ‘Reablement Support Worker’ to join their team.
 
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with previous experience of working in a health or social care environment or you are looking to make a change to your career pathway and would like to move to care and support patients in their own home in their safe recovery. As a reablement support worker you will be trained in a range of skills to deliver care and support in the community via the delivery of a personalised shared care and support plan. This will enable people to return home safely following a discharge from hospital without a delay, a timely return home after a visit to the emergency department or help to remain at home following a short illness with increased support.
 
If you’re passionate about providing person centred care and looking for a career in the NHS then this role is for you. We want to help develop your career by supporting you with the opportunity to progress once you have met set competencies and training requirements.

Main duties of the job

Within this exciting role you will have the opportunity to support patients to become more independent with daily living tasks following their discharge from hospital, this includes supporting with personal care, meals, and mobility. You will also have the opportunity of supporting and providing palliative care for patients that are at the end of their life.
 
As this role is supporting patients in their homes, you will be required to travel across West Suffolk. As frequent travel is essential for this role, therefore you must hold a full UK current driving licence. You will be asked to show a copy of your original driving licence at interview. 
 
We can support full time and part time working, and as the service works over 7 days, we can offer flexibility with either early or late shifts between the hours of 7.30am – 10pm. You will be expected to be able to work one weekend in three.
 
We want to support your career in the NHS and can support you with training opportunities via a development program that can see you progress to a Band 3 Senior Home Care Support Worker upon achieving competencies within your role.
 
For further information please contact Louise Skinner, Responsive Practitioner on 01284 712934

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

 

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the full job description and person specification for further information on this job role. 

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 1 Qualification or equivalent in both Maths and English
Desirable criteria
  • Care Certificate
  • Level II NVQ - Health related or commitment to achieve within first year.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a customer/focused environment
  • Experience of caring for others in a positive and respectful manner
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of NHS/Social Care/Voluntary organisation
  • Understanding of Intermediate Care Services

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organisation skills/time management
  • Ability to work to clear protocols/guidelines within role boundaries
  • Person centred practice
Desirable criteria
  • IT skills

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to delivering a consistent professional high standard
  • Confidence to work and challenge within a multidisciplinary team
  • Flexible approach to work, able to cover all shift patterns
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as a team player
  • Commitment to continued personal and professional development
  • Represent and promote the service in a professional manner
  • Ability to travel to community locations to carry out job role.
Desirable criteria
  • You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Skinner
Job title
Senior Responsive Practitioner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01284 712934

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