A leading charity in Birmingham is currently hiring Rehabilitation Support Workers who are passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives. No specific experience is required — what truly matters is your personality, values, and genuine empathy.
This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who has patience, resilience, and a positive attitude, along with a strong sense of compassion. The role is ideal for individuals who enjoy working as part of a team and take pride in supporting others to overcome the challenges of rehabilitation.
Full training and ongoing development are provided, enabling candidates to grow into skilled and confident rehabilitation support workers.
About Brainkind
Brainkind is the UK’s largest not-for-profit brain injury charity, with over 40 years of expertise in brain injury and neurorehabilitation. Across the UK, Brainkind’s specialist teams provide personalised, compassionate care and rehabilitation for people with brain injuries and neurological conditions.
Led by clinical experts, Brainkind offers holistic rehabilitation services—including physical, cognitive, vocational, educational, and emotional support—in hospitals, neurological centres, residential homes, and supported living settings.
With a multidisciplinary team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, and more, Brainkind is dedicated to helping individuals regain skills, achieve their goals, and live fulfilling lives.
Position: Rehabilitation Support Worker
Salary: Up to £13.75 per hour
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Birmingham
About the Role
HOURS: 35hrs per week
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
West Heath House is a brain injury rehabilitation centre where people initially come for a 12-week assessment period, where they begin a rehabilitation period to support their recovery. This is then reviewed and may be extended to allow for further rehabilitation to be supported.
About You:
We’re not looking for any kind of specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a good fit for the role and our Charity. We can train and develop you to become a great rehabilitation support worker if you:
- Have genuine empathy for our residents, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through the difficult times of their rehabilitation
- Enjoy teamwork and take pride in getting a job done well alongside your colleagues
- Have excellent face to face communication skills and a good standard of literacy
- Have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload.
Rewards:
You can look forward to excellent benefits including:
- A competitive rate of Up to £13.75 per hour
- 33 Days AL
- Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
- Health Cash Plan
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent training and support
- Company Pension
- Group life assurance
- Eye voucher scheme
- Long service and staff awards
- Free parking
To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.
**Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **
*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
If you’re ready to begin a career with purpose and impact, APPLY NOW and start your journey in care.
Application Deadline
Open until filled