Rehabilitation Team Lead (Brain Injury - female only)
Location: Southampton
Hours: 12 hours per week (3 Hours Team Leader duties remote; 9 hours Rehab Assistant duties between the hours of 10:00 – 16:00 ideally on a Monday & Friday, however flexibility on the days for the right candidate.
Pay: £20 per hour Mon-Fri
About the Role
You will be supporting a client with a Traumatic Brain Injury to achieve the highest level of independence in everyday functional tasks, and encourage active participation in goal-directed rehabilitation interventions. This includes assisting with functional daily living activities, supporting with organisation and planning, communication needs and providing emotional support. This client lives independently with their cat, enjoys community volunteering and creative hobbies and spending time with friends and family.
You will also undertake leadership responsibilities, including supervising the other Rehab Assistant, updating the rehabilitation plan and risk assessments, managing the rota and client schedule, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team and client’s family.
What We're Looking For
Due to the client’s need, we’re seeking a female rehab assistant with:
- Experience working with clients with brain injury, neurological condition or mental health
- Comfortable working independently in community/home settings, with strong time management
- Some prior experience mentoring, supervising, or informally leading others (or a clear readiness to step into this)
- Excellent communication skills with client, their family, and the wider clinical team
- A full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle
- Excellent report writing skills
- Good IT skills, including competent in using Word and Excel
- Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to undergo one)
- Comfortable around animals, including cats and dogs
- Comfortable going swimming with the client as part of physio/leisure activities
Key Responsibilities
Direct Support
- Support client with cognitive rehabilitation, communication strategies, and activities of daily living
- Provide daily emotional support
- Maintain accurate care records
Team leadership
- To act as a point of contact for the members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and family members
- To oversee introduction and following of therapy programmes and ensure Rehab Assistants are following and completed all designated plans and tasks.
- Provide supervision to Rehab Assistants
- Provide feedback on session notes and Identify any Rehab Assistant training needs
- Organise and lead RA meeting, create agenda, invite relevant MDT members
- To plan and co-ordinate appointments, events and tasks
- To carry out background research into local vocational, recreational and leisure opportunities and present findings to wider professional team
- Oversee medication collection, liaising with GP/pharmacist. Ensuring appointments are booked and chase up test results.
- To follow up on any incidents and near misses and carry out investigations as and when required.
- To act as a point of contact for the rehabilitation assistants to support and co-ordinate dealing and actioning post/email correspondence in a timely manner
Benefits:
- Supportive and friendly working environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and training.
- DBS Paid for.
- Excellent training programme.
- Blue Light Card Eligibility.
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