Rehabilitation Assistant - Cheltenham
Closing date: 23 April 2026.
Our Home First & Reablement service supports people returning home after a stay in hospital. This helps them continue their recovery in their own surroundings – regaining the ability to live as independently as possible.
This is an exciting time to join our service – we are expanding to continue to provide quality care and support and we are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who want to work with people in their communities.
We are recruiting experienced and new graduates to care Rehabilitation Assistants in Cheltenham.
As a Rehabilitation Assistant, you will work closely with other health care professionals, delivering essential clinical and personal care. You will ensure that our service user needs are met and assist the team in maintaining high standards of care delivery.
If you are new to care and hold no experience in healthcare, then we offer a fantastic development opportunity with a structured development plan (including achieving the Care Certificate). You will progress from a pay band 2 to a pay band 3 on achievement of the Care Certificate.
Main duties of the job
Our service runs 24/7 and all our Rehabilitation Assistant roles offer core hours of 07:00‑22:00.
This post is to cover the hours of 7:00‑22:00 split shift on a 4‑day on, 4‑day off shift pattern. Shift examples are: 7:00–13:00 / 7:30–13:30 / 8:00–14:00 / 8:30–14:30 / 9:00–14:30 coupled with an evening shift pattern of 16:30–21:00 / 17:00–21:30 / 17:30–22:00 / 17:00–22:00.
Please note that this role is locality based visiting people and therefore it is essential that all applicants have a valid driving licence for the UK and access to a vehicle that they can use for work purposes.
Qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Job responsibilities
As a Rehabilitation Assistant you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistants, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust must follow the guidance set out in the Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants / Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care at a high standard.
You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE level Pass or equivalent in Maths and English – open for discussion
* NVQ in a relevant topic (such as healthcare) or other relevant training
* Care Certificate
Experience
* Experience of working with people, their families and carers who may be going through challenging experiences or difficult situations
* Confident in handling IT systems and willing/able to be trained in a specific system
* Experience of working in the community and in people’s own homes
* Experience of working in a health or social care environment providing personal and intimate care to people
* Practical experience of motivating people encouraging independence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will therefore be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
£25,272 to £27,476 a year, pro rata.
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