Shared Services Partnership
Reablement Team Leader
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Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC624282
Salary Range: £33,178 - £36,369
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24 July 2026
The Role:
Join our dedicated Community Response Team as a Reablement Team Leader.
As a Reablement Team Leader, you’ll support adults across Hampshire who need extra care and assistance. Our Community Response Service focuses on short-term assessment and reablement for those with various short and long-term conditions and frailties, including those transitioning from hospital care. We are dedicated to promoting independence and enhancing the quality of life for our service users, helping them stay at home longer.
What you’ll do:
- Triage and Assessment: Collaborate with health colleagues to receive and assess referrals, using a strengths-based approach to identify needs and set goals.
- Coordination and Care: Coordinate care to promote daily living skills and independence, working with partners like the Frailty Support Service and hospitals.
- Team Leadership: Oversee a team of Community Reablement Assistants, providing motivation, coaching, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
What we’re looking for:
- Relevant experience: With significant experience in a social or health care setting, you’ll have a proven track record of successfully leading, motivating, and developing others.
- Knowledge: A good understanding of the needs of the service users and the impact of this on individuals, their carers, and relatives. You’ll know what makes good care practice and how to deliver social care reablement.
- Relationship management skills: Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills are vital for building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of people.
Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the Reablement Team Leader role, team, and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills, and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values in your application.
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Why join us?
- Impactful Work: Watch our short video to find out more about the important work we do in our reablement service. We want to help you strive to be the best you can be and to enjoy serving Hampshire with purpose and pride.
- Career Growth: Whether you’re expanding your leadership skills or stepping into a management role for the first time, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow in a supportive environment.
- Flexible Working: Our Service runs 7 days a week, therefore you’ll be required to work a shift pattern that includes early, day, and late shifts, in addition to weekends, including bank holidays, on a rotational 2:4 basis, for which enhancements are paid. The current working hours for this position are subject to change.
- Professional Development: We recognize the importance of growing and developing our staff and offer a range of fully-funded sponsored qualifications in addition to your role, including Leadership, Occupational Therapy, and Sensory Services. You’ll be supported to complete a Care Certificate and Level 4 Lead Practitioner Diploma once in post, fully funded by the council.
- Employee Support: Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
- Competitive Benefits Package: Including generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Find more information here.
Our Service runs 7 days a week, therefore you’ll be required to follow a 4-week shift pattern across the week. This includes early, day, and late shifts, in addition to weekends, including bank holidays, on a rotational 2:4 basis, for which enhancements are paid.
Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.
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Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.
Other roles you may have experience in may include: Senior Case Worker, Rehabilitation Worker, Community Support Worker, Community Response Assistant, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Senior Care Assistant, Assistant Team Leader.
Travel Requirements:
You will be required to travel to various locations within Hampshire, and it is essential that you have a current driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis.
Values Based Recruitment:
We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application. For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.
Additional Information:
Reablement Team Leader Candidate Pack
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
For general enquiries, please contact Anna Brown, Operational Manager on anna.brown@hants.gov.uk and Paul Roberts, Operational Manager on paul.roberts@hants.gov.uk
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. We expect all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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