Rehabilitation Worker in Tonyrefail

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is pleased to offer Rehabilitation Care Worker posts within the Rehabilitation Service. We are looking to appoint motivated and enthusiastic Care Workers to join the team in Rhondda Cynon Taff, based at Ty Elai, Rhondda, CF40 1NY.

The Rehabilitation service is a joint working initiative of health and social care comprising Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), Assistant Therapy Practitioners (ATP), a Team Lead and a highly trained team of social care staff. You will be supporting individuals through the delivery of an up to 6-week programme of support, to provide opportunities to recover from ill health and prevent episodes of health deterioration where possible.

Sometimes, following a spell in hospital, people can lose confidence and be worried about their safety and ability to cope at home. Rehabilitation Services offers individuals reassurance and encouragement to maintain, regain or learn basic living skills, providing support to enable people to reach their full potential whilst preventing or reducing the need to move onto longer-term community services. The Rehabilitation service works across the Rhondda Cynon Taff areas.

The Team has an emphasis on multi-agency working and you will be expected to work closely with colleagues from Health and a number of other agencies. Successful candidates will bring strong communication skills to ensure positive outcomes for the individuals with whom we work. The role involves providing practical support and encouragement to individuals undertaking a programme of support. The successful candidate will have regular 1:1 sessions, observations of work practice and be involved in Team Meetings.

We offer a dedicated in-house Learning and Development Centre which actively supports carers at each level to maintain and further their skills. Our Social Services Departments have benefitted from comprehensive and significant investment in recent years, and we have responded to this by strengthening preventative services which aims to add capacity to the frontline. You will benefit from an improved career pathway and an employee reward package, which includes flexible working, Leisure for Life membership discount, and access to the Cycle to Work scheme.

Registration with Social Care Wales will be required once in post. For further information and an informal discussion please contact Adele Jones or Cheryl Doster on 01443 425070.

Benefits of Working for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council:

• Excellent Career Development
• Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
• Staff Rewards scheme
• Vivup card for discounts on hundreds of products and services

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council. In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.

We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network. An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.