Senior Support Lead, Reablement Team

Swindon Borough Council; Swindon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking on site

Local government pension

Staff discounts on various services

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Swindon Borough Council is seeking a Senior Support Lead for the Reablement Team in Swindon. The role involves delivering outcome-focused support to service users in their homes and community, promoting independence and coordinating with the Reablement Team and wider Adult Health & Social Care services.

Expect driving to visit clients, a flexible shift rota, and supervision of support workers. You will contribute to safeguarding, risk assessments, and IT-enabled care processes.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional service to residents of Swindon.

Skills

Motivation and drive

Prioritise workload

Care Act knowledge

Independent working

Community care experience

Health and safety

Manual Handling

Professional boundaries

IT systems proficiency

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Senior Support Lead, Reablement Team

Ref: 189493

Salary: £31, 525 p.a. plus benefits

37 hours per week

Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journey to transform service delivery. We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that’s who we’re doing it for – the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you’ll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It’s all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

Your next role

The Reablement Team has a unique opportunity for you to join the highly experienced, dynamic, progressive and expanding team. We are a successful team who have been able to ensure that 80% of our service users have remained independent in their own home without any formal support.

We are also part of a team who were highly commended by the Health Service Journal in the past, for improving value in the care of individuals using the service and be part of a team highly commended for Integrated Discharge Planning and Reablement.

If you are looking for a role, in which you can make a difference and gain job satisfaction this could be it.

The Reablement Supervisor role is part of an integrated Reablement Team and the wider Adult Health & Social Care multidisciplinary teams, to provide support with personal care and reablement to service users in their own homes and community through outcome focussed support.

This is achieved by supporting individuals to regain, improve and maintain skills of daily living, promoting maximum independence.

This role will require visiting people in their homes, therefore you will need a full driving licence and access to a car. In addition, you will need to be flexible and available to work a flexible shift rota of days or evenings. This is 07:00-15:00 and 14.30-22.30 Monday – Sunday.

You must be able to provide support to Support Workers in “the field” including cover, induction, supervisions, appraisals, team meetings and ongoing learning and development.

You will ensure that all risk assessments are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure the health and safety of both service users and the support workers. This could include environmental issues, medication, moving and handling.

The role includes liaising with other professionals/family/support workers. Report concerns/incidents in line with all legislation, policies and procedures, including safeguarding concerns and making referrals into the service.

The successful candidate will:

• Be highly motivated and enthusiastic about providing a professional service to the residents of Swindon.
• Ability to prioritise workload within a fluid service.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Care Act and our obligations set out by the Care Quality Commission.
• Can work independently, using initiative and as part of the wider Reablement Team.
• Have experience and knowledge of caring for vulnerable adults with a wide range of complex needs.
• Have experience of working in the community.
• Understand Health and Safety and Manual Handling issues.
• Understand the need to keep within professional boundaries.
• Ability to learn IT systems that support the provision of the service.

Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of theImmigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

You will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check

The ability to travel throughout the Borough will be required and access to a car

Your next Package

We have free parking on site, generous holiday entitlement, comprehensive Learning and Development programmes, an excellent local government pension and sickness schemes and many other benefits like discounts on shopping, eating out and entertainment, Health and Beauty, to name a but a few of our staff benefits.

Please see our Rewards and Benefits for more details.

We also have an Employee Assistant Programme and App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, and other expert advice.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan.

Your next steps

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

For further information about the role please contact Alison Baker, Deputy Manager Reablement Team at [e-mail]

Closing date: 23 October 2026

Interview date: 3 November 2026