Reablement Support Worker

Northumberland County Council; Alnwick; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel time paid between visits

Car user allowance

Full training and supervision

Uniform and protective equipment

Company mobile phone

Free DBS check

Company pension scheme

Annual leave 26 days

Job summary

Northumberland County Council is seeking a Reablement Worker to join the Short Term Support Service in North Northumberland, part-time (30 hours). The role focuses on delivering short-term interventions to promote independence, often visiting clients at home to help regain daily living skills.

Training and supervision are provided, with opportunities for career progression in care. The successful candidate will assist with personal care, meal prep, mobility, and community participation,

Qualifications

• Ability to talk easily with service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Promoting independence with personal care including showering and dressing.
• Managing medication administration as part of daily support.
• Meal preparation assistance for daily living.
• Improving mobility within the home to support daily tasks.
• Assistance with shopping and essential errands.
• Support to get out and about in the community.

Skills

Communication

Driving licence

Education

NVQ2

Care Certificate Award

Job description

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Working Hours:

30

Location:

Closing Date:

16/08/2026

Job Category:

Social Care - Adult Service

Region / Division:

UK Region

Directorate:

Adults, Ageing and Wellbeing

Job Introduction

We are looking for a Reablement Worker to join our Short Term Support Service in North Northumberland, part time on 30 hours.

The successful candidate will be part of a team providing short-term interventions to promote people's independence.

The role typically involves visiting people in their own homes and supporting them to regain their ability to carry out a range of day-to-day tasks.

You will work with people to set their personal goals and help them to achieve them. This could include helping them with personal care and meal preparation, improving their mobility within theirhomeand helping them to get out into their community.

Your focus will be on helping people to regain their ability to live their best life, and the feeling of job satisfaction is second to none. Full training and supervision are provided and there are opportunities to develop a career in care.

Some staff have moved to management positions in care and others have developed careers in allied areas such as undertaking social work qualifications or moving into commissioning and quality assurance roles.

If you have a caring nature, enjoy working with people, and would like to make a difference to people's lives, we would love to hear from you!

About us: Our Short Term Support Service provides reablement and rehabilitation to adults living in their own homes to help them regain their independence after an illness, hospital discharge, or to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. We also provide a bridging service for people who are waiting for a long-term package of care. The service includes reablement and therapy staff working together to promote independence in daily living tasks, including the provision of equipment and rehabilitation programmes.

Our service is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

The main responsibilities include promoting independence with:

• Personal care including showering anddressing
• Medication
• Meal preparation
• Improving mobility within the home
• Shopping
• Support to getout and aboutin thecommunity

For an informal discussion please contact Amanda Turner, Alnwick Short Term Support Service Deputy Team Manager on mob. [phone]

We are offering the following:

• Salaried posts with generous, competitive rates of pay with enhancements for unsociable hours and bank holidays - Band 4 FTE £26,403 - £28,142 (£21,407 - £22,817 pro rata for 30 hours) £13.69 per hour
• Paid travel time and mileage in between visits
• Essential car user allowance
• Full training and supervision
• Uniform and all protective equipmentneeded
• Company mobile phone
• Free DBS check
• Company pension scheme
• Out of Hours support
• Annual Holiday entitlement (26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Excellent ongoing training and support
• Staff networks - run by staff, for staff, providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development e.g. Apprenticeship, Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mental Wellbeing, Racial Equality

Requirements of the job:

• The ability to talk easily with our service users and provide advice inaccuratespokenEnglish
• Due to the nature of this role, it is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a full valid UK driving licence and access to a car they can use for workpurposes
• NVQ2 is desirable or a commitment to achieving the Care Certificate Award and undertake further training to meet the requirements of the post.
• Experience is not essential as a full training programmeoperatesfor successful candidates.

Further Information

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We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Weoperatea guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email [e-mail] or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.