Job Title: Rehabilitation Assistant
Salary: £24,005 – £25,567 (depending on experience)
Location: Wheatfields, Hillington, Norfolk.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, 9-5 Monday to Friday (Part time hours considered)
Annual Leave: 25 days increasing to 27 after 5 years’ service and 29 after 9 years’ service + 8 days in lieu of public holidays (FTE)
Closing Date: 30th November 2025
Previous applicants need not apply.
JOB SUMMARY
Tapping House is a leading provider of palliative care services in Norfolk. We are an independent charity delivering innovative and specialist rehabilitative therapy, end of life care and bereavement services.
If you have any queries please email recruitment@tappinghouse.org.uk
Reporting into the Therapy Lead, the post holder will work as a band 3 (Hospice Equivalent) Rehabilitation Assistant predominantly in the Tulip Centre, within the Hospice Inpatient Unit, and occasionally in the community. They will be a valuable member of the therapy team, working under the guidance and supervision of qualified Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapist.
The care provided is appropriate to the patient’s needs and stage of illness and uses a rehabilitative approach to promote quality of life. The Rehabilitation Assistant will be involved in running therapeutic groups, supporting social programmes alongside volunteers, carrying out rehabilitation programmes as implemented by the therapists, and will have key worker responsibility for a designated number of patients.
For more information please read the Job Description for this role.