Reablement Team Leader
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,178 to £36,369 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Hampshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | HCC623203 |
Summary
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.
Why Join Us?
• Impactful Work: 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 recognise 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.
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 be advised the Reablement North Hampshire team’s office base will be moving from Dame Mary Fagan House to the Discovery Centre in Basingstoke in summer 2026.
To learn more about this role, please review our Candidate Pack available on our website. Please click on the Apply button for details.
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.
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.
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.
Why Join Us?
• Impactful Work: 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 recognise 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.
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 be advised the Reablement North Hampshire team’s office base will be moving from Dame Mary Fagan House to the Discovery Centre in Basingstoke in summer 2026.
To learn more about this role, please review our Candidate Pack available on our website. Please click on the Apply button for details.
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.
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.
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