Rehabilitation Support Worker
Location: Garforth
Salary: £13.21 per hour Monday to Friday, £14.21 per hour Saturday and Sunday
Hours: 35 hours per week
Bank holidays: Additional £1 per hour for all hours worked on a bank holiday
Enhancement: Additional £0.50 per hour market enhancement (discretionary)
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries - sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more - to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do - you'll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
You will get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you are supporting do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you are interested in building a career, we are here to support you all the way on your own journey.
Role Overview
To provide support to our service users appropriate to their individuals needs ensuring that each service user leads a full and valued life.
To contribute to providing a homely environment, whereby the service user has maximum involvement in their own activities and decision making.
To enable service users to participate in and contribute to the local community.
Key Responsibilities

• Boundaried, dignified and able to keep own counsel.
• Have genuine empathy for our residents, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through the challenging times of their rehabilitation.
• Enjoy teamwork and take pride in getting a job done well alongside your colleagues.
• Have excellent face to face communication skills and a good standard of literacy.
• Have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload.
• Have experience in moving and handling including hoists.
• Enjoys providing people with good quality care.
• Understands the importance of person centred night checks, security and providing basic night care support such as repositioning.

Rewards

• A competitive rate of up to £14.71 per hour
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays (Pro-Rata)
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
• Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Further information at www.simplyhealth.co.uk/about-us
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.
Apply through our website.
All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks. Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation.