Reablement Support Worker

Cambridge County Council; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Part-Time Reablement Support Worker, providing essential support to frail adults following hospital discharge. This role offers a unique opportunity to help individuals regain their independence by delivering compassionate, personalized care in their homes, contributing positively to their well-being.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing package

Flexible bank holidays

Paid volunteering hours

Employee Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• Caring and respectful attitude is essential.
• Good written and spoken English is required.
• Ability to work independently in the community.

Responsibilities

• Support vulnerable adults in regaining independence.
• Provide personal care and medication assistance.
• Monitor and review progress against support plans.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Caring attitude

Job description

Our Prevention & Early Intervention Service is recruiting Part Time Reablement Support Workers to join a dynamic, person-centered team. In this role, you will support frail, vulnerable adults on their individual reablement journeys following illness or injury. You will work independently in the community, helping individuals to achieve their personal goals and regain daily living skills.

You will be supporting individuals recently discharged from hospital, delivering care based on tailored goal plans within their own homes. This includes support with personal care, medication, nutrition, mobility, and general well-being.

For informal enquiries about the role, please contact Laura Clarke at [e-mail] or Valerie Garrill at [e-mail] .

The closing date for applications is Thursday, 10 July at 12.00 noon, and the interviews will be held in person the week commencing 21 July 2025.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensivewellbeing package to coverall aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidaysflexibly to better suityour personal circumstances
• MakeAdditional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access todevelopment opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to supportyour personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make apositive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access toPeer Support Groups through our IDEAL staffequality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receiveEmployee Recognition Awards
• AnOur Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and onlinediscounts as well as ourCar Lease andCycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

What will you be doing?

Key responsibilities include:

• Enabling individuals to regain their independence through short-term support.
• Working in partnership with individuals to achieve goals in their own homes.
• Responding to emergency situations in the community alongside health colleagues.
• Providing personal care and administering medication where required.
• Monitoring and reviewing progress against support plans.
• Keeping accurate and timely case records using our electronic systems.

About you

We treat all our service users as individuals and place their needs at the heart of our work. You will be passionate about supporting others and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• A caring and respectful attitude.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Awareness of confidentiality, equality, and diversity.
• Ability to work independently in the community.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a car (with business insurance).
• You must provide a full employment history with explanations for any gaps.

Please note that the salary for this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship and the role is subject to a Full and Enhanced DBS check.

Part-time hours available, including weekend work on a rota basis. You will be working across Cambridgeshire in a community-based role.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers