Physiotherapist

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Civic Centre, Bromley Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £23.00

Reablement is short support term, which helps clients to become as independent
as is possible, by giving them the opportunity, motivation and confidence to
relearn or regain some of the skills for daily living that may have been lost as a result
of illness, accident or disability.

The purpose of the job is to:

• Provide a short, intensive reablement service for people with disabilities and
those who are frail and recovering from illness or injury, focusing on helping
people to restore their optimum level of independence.

• Motivate individuals and supporting them to build confidence through
identifying their goals and providing positive feedback about their progress and
achievements.

• Work with the reablement Occupational Therapist, to help deliver an
agreed reablement plan, to help Service Users identify and achieve their goals
relating to a range of social care tasks such as washing and dressing,
showering, meal preparation and helping people engage in community
activities.

• Provide support to adults to develop and maintain activities of daily living.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1 To support service users in a structured and consistent way to undertake a
range of social care tasks such as washing, dressing/undressing, showering
and bathing, meal preparation, domestic activities, engaging in community
activities, working to a graded programme to help optimise their level of
ability and independence.

2 To deliver agreed individual reablement programmes (with guidance and
instruction from the therapists and managers) which includes tasks such as
identifying suitable assistive technology equipment and demonstrating the
safe use of such equipment, advising on strategies for managing fatigue and
pain, preventing falls, using adaptive techniques e.g. one handed or seated
activities. In the delivery of all support, ongoing risk assessment to ensure
service user and worker safety is prioritised.

3 To use supportive and motivational approaches to help service users identify
and achieve their goals and build confidence, ensuring the delivery of a
quality service.

4 To work with health colleagues to deliver an integrated service where this
has been identified as beneficial to the person.

5 To provide written case notes of the person’s circumstances, whether
improvement or deterioration, to help with the progression and review of the
reablement programme.

6 To respond to any emergency situations, by taking the appropriate action e.g.
contacting a doctor or the ambulance service etc.

7 To liaise closely with senior support workers, Reablement Team Leader and First Response Team Manager promptly informing them of any circumstance that requires an immediate response.

8 To attend Supervision, Team Meetings and Training as instructed to maintain high standards and compliance with regulations and Council strategies. This will include e-learning courses, attending venues outside of the service, attendance on non-working days and at times undertaking training in personal time.

9 To maintain a high standard of administrative procedures by adhering to
systems, completing accurate and comprehensive recording / documentation
that evidences delivery of a reablement care and support service.

10 To identify, record and report all incidents / accidents, potential safeguarding
and any other high-risk situations where a Service User’s safety may be at
risk.

11 To respect the confidential nature of the work and protect personal
information in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation.

12 To adhere to safe moving and handling procedures in line with individual
support plans following training.

13 To contribute to the development of person-centred planning, and work in a
person-centred way, ensuring each individual’s plan has meaningful and
achievable goals with positive outcomes that meet aspirations as well as
needs.

14 Where needed, support individuals to get in or out of bed, with dressing,