Reablement Team Leader (Discharge to Assess)
| Posting date: | 10 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,143 to £35,412 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 10% Flexibility Payment, Essential Car User Allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 December 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Manchester City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6922 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Manchester’s Reablement service as a Reablement Team leader D2A Assessor. As a D2A assessor you will work within the Manchester Local care Organisation (MLCO) as a Manchester City Council Employee.
The Reablement Team offer an efficient and consistent approach to support which maximises potential for individuals to achieve reductions in care but also ensures consistency and high standards of service delivery.
As a D2A Reablement assessor you will undertake home visits to carry out holistic assessments, reviews and observations of customers, in order to determine customer needs. You will take a flexible approach to working, which includes a weekend rota to enable timely assessments and discharges from acute/non acute healthcare settings.
Working collaboratively with directorate/service colleagues and health service colleagues, you will develop and deliver effective reablement and prevention services and implement a city wide approach in relation to the provision of community based services in line with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.
You will work alongside a team of reablement staff that provide direct care to customers in their homes in order to help them regain or maintain their independence and ensuring that the capacity of the team is managed effectively, through rota and performance management, in order to ensure demand for reablement services can be met.
You will support the day to day running and management of the service if required, to support the wider reablement team and according to senior management decisions.
The Reablement Team offer an efficient and consistent approach to support which maximises potential for individuals to achieve reductions in care but also ensures consistency and high standards of service delivery.
As a D2A Reablement assessor you will undertake home visits to carry out holistic assessments, reviews and observations of customers, in order to determine customer needs. You will take a flexible approach to working, which includes a weekend rota to enable timely assessments and discharges from acute/non acute healthcare settings.
Working collaboratively with directorate/service colleagues and health service colleagues, you will develop and deliver effective reablement and prevention services and implement a city wide approach in relation to the provision of community based services in line with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.
You will work alongside a team of reablement staff that provide direct care to customers in their homes in order to help them regain or maintain their independence and ensuring that the capacity of the team is managed effectively, through rota and performance management, in order to ensure demand for reablement services can be met.
You will support the day to day running and management of the service if required, to support the wider reablement team and according to senior management decisions.
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