HART Team Leader

Leicestershire County Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council's HART service seeks a Reablement Team Leader (Charnwood locality) to lead the Reablement Team in the community and work with health colleagues within a hospital setting to support timely discharges.

You will oversee first visits, risk assessments, and day-to-day line management of Reablement Support Workers, ensuring care plans help service users regain independence and achieve meaningful activities.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working in adult social care settings.
• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent and relevant experience working with adults in a social care setting is essential.
• Ability to use Information Technology applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel and database applications).
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of people.
• Working on own initiative and as part of a team and liaising with other agencies to deliver integrated services.
• Ability and willingness to travel and work from various locations throughout the County; access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Undertake first visits and risk assessments.
• Provide day-to-day line management support to Reablement Support Workers.
• Undertake Care Act Assessments where ongoing eligible need is identified.
• Collaborate with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to deliver Reablement plans.
• Help service users identify and achieve goals related to daily living tasks.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Time management

Teamwork

Travel flexibility

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Word

Excel

Database applications

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Salary:£33,129 - £35,493 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week – Melton Team

Contract Type:Permanent

Closing Date:30th September 2026

Interview Date(s):W/C 5th October 2026

This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for new visa sponsorship applications therefore you must already have the right to work in the UK in order to apply.

About the Role

The HART service helps people return home from hospital, or prevent them from being admitted to hospital, and regain their independence by providing reablement support. Reablement is short term support which helps someone to become as independent as possible for them, by giving them the opportunity, motivation and confidence to relearn or regain some skills for daily living that may have been lost as a result of illness, accident or disability.

The Key Duties

The Reablement Team Leader (Charnwood locality) post is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Home Care Assessment Reablement team (HART) working in the community and with our health colleagues within a hospital setting.

Reablement Team Leaders will be responsible for undertaking first visits, including risk assessments, providing day to day line management support to Reablement Support Workers and undertake a Care Act Assessment wherean ongoing eligible need has been identified.

It is an important role in the day to day running of the service which operates 365 days of the year from 7am to 10:30pm with a rolling rota shift pattern which includes regular weekends, early, late and day shifts and bank holidays.

You will work with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, 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 and other natural support resources, using an asset- based approach.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Relevant experience working in adult social care settings and good understanding of the Councils Adult Social Care strategies.
• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent and relevant experience working with adults in a social care setting is essential. A good understanding of the relevant regulations and legislation and service Frameworks.
• Ability to use Information Technology applications e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and database applications and able to identify and record critical information and demonstrate quick thinking and problem solving.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of people, including representatives from other agencies, using skills of negotiations and persuasions.
• Working on own initiative and as part of the team and to effectively liaise and work in partnership with other agencies to ensure the delivery of integrated services and achieve positive outcomes for service users.
• Ability and willingness to travel and work from various locations throughout the County and travel between sites as required. You will need access to a vehicle.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values andto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Jane Wesson HART Recruitment & Quality Manager:

To contact me via email, please click here. Telephone: [phone] (Direct line).