# Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant## Job Introduction**Make a real difference in stroke recovery.**Join our interdisciplinary Community Stroke Team, where you’ll work closely with therapists to help assess, plan, and deliver personalised rehabilitation programmes that support people to regain independence and rebuild their lives.**Main Responsibilities*** Carry out basic therapeutic treatments and manage your own caseload, delivering high‐quality support to people receiving stroke rehabilitation in the community.* Work under the guidance of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech & Language Therapists to ensure an efficient, effective day‐to‐day service.* Contribute to the team’s shared goal of helping patients regain maximum physical, mental, and social independence, while supporting carers in their role. Assist with implementing individual treatment programmes as directed by the clinical team.* Work flexibly as required, which may include weekend shifts.* Support essential administrative tasks—such as writing letters and ordering supplies—to help the service run smoothly.* Promote care in the most appropriate setting, helping prevent unnecessary hospital admissions whenever possible.* Ensure patients and carers remain central to all decision‐making and rehabilitation planning.* Take ownership of your ongoing learning, engaging actively in CPD and development opportunities.**Essential Skills & Experience*** Good literacy and numeracy skills (5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, or equivalent).* Confident using computers, including Word, Outlook, and the internet.* NVQ or relevant qualification in a related field.* Understanding and/or experience of stroke care and rehabilitation.* Experience working in the NHS or NHS‐commissioned services.* Previous experience in at least one relevant role (e.g., Physiotherapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Rehabilitation Assistant, Speech & Language Therapy Assistant, or Carer).* Experience working in community settings.* Manual handling skills relevant to stroke rehabilitation.* Able to work independently, use initiative, and identify your own learning needs.* Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your own caseload.* Effective communication skills, including supporting people with communication barriers.* Empathetic, people‐focused, and able to build rapport.* Good problem‐solving skills and adaptability in changing situations.* Full UK driving licence.* Foundation Degree in a related area.* Experience working at Band 4.**Package Description**As a **Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant**, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Swindon Intermediate Care Centre. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:* **A salary of £27,674 - £30,557 FTE with access to our group pension*** Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates* Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise* An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year**About the Company****We change lives by transforming health and care.**Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.### Band 4 Rehabilitation Assistant* **Salary** £27,674 - £30,557 FTE, depending on experience* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** HCRGCG/TP/158870/18889* **Contract Type** Permanent - Part Time* **Closing Date** 9 April, 2026* **Job Category** HCRG - Additional Clinical Services* **Business Unit** HCRG - BSW - Specialist* **Location** Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, United Kingdom* **Posted on** 26 March, 2026
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