About the role
We are currently recruiting for a further Lead Reablement worker based full time in March, Cambridgeshire.
The Reablement Service provides care at home to people aged 18 upwards. Support is delivered in an enabling way so that people can maximise their independence. Reablement support is a short term service.
Lead Reablement Workers are responsible for coordinating and managing a complex caseload of service users at different stages of their reablement journey. They use professional judgement to assess risk, prioritise interventions, and adapt support plans to ensure individuals achieve the best possible outcomes. A key focus of the role is preventing unnecessary dependence on ongoing care services by maximising independence, confidence and self-management skills.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Sam Hutchinson (samantha.hutchinson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk), Ewa Apostolik (ewa.apostolik@cambridgeshire.gov.uk) or Diana Billimore (diana.billimore@cambridgeshire.gov.uk).
Appointment to these posts will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
The Lead Reablement Worker plays a key role in delivering short-term, person-centered support that helps individuals regain confidence and independence in their daily lives. This role involves working closely with service users, their families, and other professionals to create tailored reablement plans and risk assessments that promote recovery and reduce reliance on long-term care.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
• Assessing individual needs, completing risk assessments, and developing tailored reablement plans that focus on recovery, independence and positive outcomes.
• Managing and prioritising a diverse caseload, ensuring service users receive timely reviews, interventions and support in response to changing needs and levels of risk.
• Working hands-on with service users, helping them regain confidence and relearn essential daily living skills such as personal care, mobility, meal preparation and community access.
• Monitoring progress and reviewing plans, adapting goals and interventions to maximise independence and reduce reliance on long-term care and support services.
• Identifying and managing risks, balancing empowerment and independence with the need to ensure safe and effective support.
• Collaborating with Occupational Therapists, health and social care professionals, families and community services to provide a coordinated approach that promotes sustainable independence.
• Maintaining accurate records and documentation to ensure compliance, quality standards and effective case management.
This role requires strong experience in managing cases and risk management, the role is all about empowering individuals to achieve the greatest level of independence possible. You will use your assessment, risk management and case coordination skills to support people through their reablement journey, helping prevent or delay the need for ongoing care and ensuring resources are targeted where they can make the biggest difference.
About you
We treat all of our service users as individuals and put their needs at the heart of what we do. You will have some experience in this kind of work.
You will need to have a proficient level of written and spoken English for the purposes of case recording as well as an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent apprenticeship. Strong communication skills are essential as you will be overseeing Support workers in the community setting and liaising with many health professionals as well as our service users and their families.
As a Lead Reablement worker you will need to have experience of supporting a person with care and support needs as well as knowledge around The Care Act and CQC requirements. You will be able to demonstrate strong skills in managing and prioritising a diverse caseload, ensuring timely and effective resolution of tasks in a fast-paced environment.
You will also have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as IT skills. It is expected that you will also have the ability to demonstrate awareness and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion as well as the need for safety and confidentiality in the role.
The role involves travel across Cambridgeshire, and so you will need access to a car, and have a full driving licence with business insurance.
You will receive excellent training and supervision as part of an established and supportive team. There is a car lease scheme and we pay enhancements for weekend working.
Your weekly hours will follow a Monday–Friday rota (typically between 08:00 and 16:30, to be confirmed at interview). The role also includes alternate weekend shifts and one late shift (12:00–20:00) every other week.
Interviews will be held in person at various local locations w/c 7th September 2026.
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 comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
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 Leader. 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. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process 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.
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