Job summary
The Short-Term Support & Rehabilitation (STS&R) team is a reablement service dedicated to helping people get back on their feet. When someone has an illness, injury, or a hospital stay, we step in to help them regain the skills and confidence they need to live independently again.
Along with delivering traditional care and support, we also provide reablement we don't just "do things" for our customers; we empower them to do things for themselves, minimising the need for long-term support.
Your Role:
As a Rehabilitation Care Assistant, you are part of a high-level, multi-disciplinary team. Youll work alongside Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, making this an incredible opportunity to develop clinical knowledge and explore different career paths within health and social care.
Main duties of the job
What you'll be doing:
- Individualised Care: Assisting with personal care, medication, and physical wellbeing based on specific 1:1 requirements.
- Skill Building: Supporting customers with daily tasks while teaching them techniques to do them independently.
- Collaboration: Working with therapists to follow specific rehabilitation plans.
- Community Impact: Visiting customers in their own homes across the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
- No Night Shifts: Working a mix of morning and afternoon shifts on a rota basis -no nights required.
About You:
Whether you've worked in Domiciliary Care, as a Healthcare Assistant, or are looking for a total career change, we want to hear from you. We provide full, in-house training to get you started.
This is a community-based role and you will be expected to travel across the Royal Borough visiting different people - you must have a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
Unlike many community roles, you are paid for your entire shift, not just the time spent with customers. We also pay 55p per mile for your travel.
Details
- Date posted: 03 November 2026
- Closing date: 26 November 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £28,167.65 a year £14.60ph + 55p per mile
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: F0128-26-0009
- Job locations: RBWM Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1RF, United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The short-term support team is a well-established and valued community based rehabilitation team,providing care and support to people at home.
The service is multidisciplinary, and you will be working alongside occupational therapists,physiotherapists and team coordinators to provide person centred support, helping to achieve agreedgoals to maximise independence.
The service is supportive of both staff and service users and exhibits a culture of transparency andintegrity.
The role of the rehabilitation assistant is integral to the service and vital in enabling the service to supportthose that wish to remain at home for end of life care, prevent hospital admission and enable residentsto leave hospital earlier to continue rehabilitation and recovery at home. The role is supported by a teamof therapists guiding and educating in the delivery of physiotherapy and occupation therapy programmes.
The rehabilitation assistants are given enhanced training to enable the assessment for and delivery ofsmall pieces of equipment and aids to enable independence.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Willingness to undertake Care Certificate
- Full UK Driving Licence and own vehicle
Entitlement To Work
Essential
- Must hold entitlement to work - either as a British national or a valid work visa with at least 12 months remaining.
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of a care or supportive role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will 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.
About us
Optalis is a LATCo (Local Authority Trading Company) jointly owned by Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Optalis delivers adult social care on behalf of the two local authorities. We have over 50 services across the WBC and RBWM boroughs, supporting adults with learning disabilities to live independently, providing dementia and nursing care for older people and offering reablement services to help people return home from hospital.
We provide stable employment and opportunities to develop yourself and advance your career.
Optalis is not an agency; all of our positions include guaranteed hours.
Employer details
- Employer name: Optalis Limited
- Address: RBWM Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1RF, United Kingdom
- Employer's website: https://www.optalis.org/