An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Walsall Intermediate Care Service. Intermediate Care is a fully integrated health and social care service with excellent relationships with Social Services and the Acute Sector.
You will be part of a therapy team assessing and treating people in both rehabilitation settings and their own homes. You will be working with people to support them to remain in their own homes and maximise their independence and quality of life. You must demonstrate previous experience of working in a health or social care setting and will need to be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service. You must demonstrate experience of multi disciplinary/multi agency working. The role involves participation in a weekend rota to support 7 day working.
You must be willing to travel throughout the working day across the Borough as appropriate / required.
Main duties of the job
To work as a practitioner within a health and social care team, providing rehabilitation and supporting crisis intervention to prevent hospital admission or expedite discharge home.
To independently manage a defined caseload of less complex cases, evidencing problem solving and reasoning skills.
To work across ICS Therapy Services – including bed-based rehabilitation, reablement and rapid response.
To carry out assessments as allocated by the co-ordinating therapist and to work without constant direct supervision within different settings including rehab units, community sites and clients’ own homes.
To provide therapy specific interventions to meet client’s treatment needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSE’s or equivalent.
- Level 3 apprenticeship or equivalent.
- Ability to complete Level 5 education.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in healthcare working with people with a range of health needs.
- Have an understanding of holistic care for the patient.
- Ability to deliver patient centred care.
- Able to provide compassionate care to patients with a range of health care conditions.
- Ability to move and handle patients safely.
- Good IT skills using Word and Excel
- Good understanding of NHS structure and Trust values.
Key Competencies
Essential
- To adhere to and apply the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Therapists.
- To manage own caseload in the community (with support from the qualified therapist as appropriate)
- To construct, implement, monitor, evaluate and update therapy care plans / treatment programmes
- To support Reablement Officers with care plans / treatment programmes.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Effective communication skills (written, verbal, non-verbal)
- Able to work within the MDT
- Communicate with patients, relative, carers, staff members to ensure safe and effective care.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 15 February 2026
