Team Leader - Reablement Service

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Manager to join our South Reablement Service, supporting people to regain independence following illness, injury or hospital discharge. This is a key leadership role within our in-house provider services.

Responsibilities

• You will lead the day-to-day delivery of the service, ensuring it is safe, effective and well-managed.
• Your responsibilities will include:
• Leading, supporting and developing a frontline reablement workforce.
• Overseeing staffing, workload allocation and service performance.
• Ensuring high-quality care that promotes independence and positive outcomes.
• Managing resources and budgets in line with service requirements.
• Maintaining compliance with CQC standards and regulatory expectations.
• Sustaining a culture of continuous improvement and service development.
• Collaborating with health and social care colleagues to support effective discharge and community pathways.
• Responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns, incidents and complaints.

Requirements

You’ll be an experienced manager with a strong background in adult social care and a passion for delivering person-centred services that support independence. You will:

• Have experience of managing services for adults and leading teams in a care setting.
• Be confident managing operational delivery, including staff, performance and resources.
• Have a good understanding of reablement or strengths-based approaches.
• Be able to work effectively with people in complex or challenging situations.
• Demonstrate strong communication and leadership skills.
• Be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in practice.

Qualifications

The role does not specify specific qualifications, but candidates should ideally have relevant experience and a commitment to adult social care.

Skills

The role requires:

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of reablement or strengths-based approaches.
• Experience of managing resources and budgets.
• Compliance with CQC standards and regulatory expectations.

Benefits

The role offers:

• A supportive and forward-thinking service environment.
• The opportunity to lead a valued team and influence service development.
• The chance to make a meaningful difference to people’s independence and wellbeing.
• An excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension scheme.
• A generous annual leave allowance.

Pay

The pay details are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The schedule is specified as 18.5 hours per week, job sharing.