Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Support Worker to join a dynamic multidisciplinary community rehabilitation service in Southampton. The Community Therapy Service is integrated with Community Nursing and forms the East Locality, delivering programmes of rehabilitation working in partnership with other social and healthcare providers.

The role will allow individuals to gain experience in falls assessment, education and prevention, complex community rehabilitation and goal focused rehab planning. Additionally, the role will involve provision of equipment and minor adaptations to support independence, providing advice on health and wellbeing and signposting to other community services. This will be supported by therapy staff, an advanced clinical practitioner and geriatricians.

The team promotes inter professional working which supports the single assessment process for patients. There is a robust supervision and appraisal framework within the team and opportunities for training and development. You will need effective interpersonal skills and to demonstrate skills to support a flexible and positive approach to problem solving.

The role is a full time one (37.5 hrs pw) based at Bitterne Health Centre in Southampton.

Main duties of the job

Work as part of the multi-professional Locality Health Team delivering programmes of rehabilitation within the community in close collaboration with other relevant services/agencies e.g. other community and inpatient teams, social care, primary and secondary care.

Manage a caseload with supervision as required/be responsible for a defined area of service, undertaking comprehensive assessment, planning and implementation of comprehensive programmes of care for patients who require intensive support / rehabilitation guided by more senior clinicians where required.

Participate in and maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of new developments and incorporating into practice under guidance from supervisor and providing supervision and assessment to rehabilitation assistants and students on placement.

Work collaboratively with partners in health and social care, to establish a whole systems approach to managing patients with complex care needs, maintaining a community pull on patients being admitted to secondary care.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence