Rehabilitation Support Worker **NIGHTS** - York

Salary: A competitive rate of up to £14.50 per hour

Hours: Full time contract 38.5 hrs, Nights on a rotational working pattern. Rota pattern for 8 weeks including 6 weeks of nights and 2 weeks of days 20:15 – 08:15 (1.25hrs break)

Here is your opportunity to start a career in rehabilitation support work. You do not need experience in care or support roles – we provide a full induction and specialist training and coaching.

Working in brain injury rehabilitation is different from other kinds of support work. You’re there to encourage and guide individuals, helping them gain the skills and confidence to live independently. You will share the journey with these inspiring people as they overcome hurdles, achieve milestones, and reach the goals they’ve set. Many of the people we support only stay for three months before they are ready to move on. You can make a massive difference in that time. Personal care is a requirement of the job role for the people we support.

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.

The Role: Brainkind Neurological Centre York is a purpose-built 40-bed state-of-the-art independent hospital, providing high-quality neuropsychiatric, neurobehavioral assessment, and rehabilitation for people following an acquired brain injury with a range of additional mental health and physical conditions.

As a Rehabilitation Support Worker, you will provide support to our service users appropriate to their individual needs, ensuring that each service user completes their rehabilitation plans and is as independent as possible. You will ensure that our service users have maximum involvement in their own activities and decision-making. You’ll 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’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.

About You: We’re not looking for any kind of specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a good fit for the role and our charity. We can train and develop you to become a great rehabilitation support worker if you:

• Have genuine empathy for our residents, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through the difficult 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 prioritize your own workload.

Rewards: You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services:

• A competitive rate of up to £14.50 per hour
• 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Group life assurance
• Company Pension
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking
• Nationwide employee staff discounts including eating out and shopping
• Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector, and armed forces with discounts online and in-store

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.

If this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by clicking Apply Now button. Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled; therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks. Brainkind is a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It’s a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.