Job Description

Reablement is a free service available to anyone living in Bury who is aged 18 or over and needs support to get back on their feet after a recent stay in hospital or a crisis at home.


It is a short term service, and its aim is to work with people, supporting them to manage as many everyday tasks as possible on their own and in their own home and ultimately regain their independence.

You will need to be flexible with hours of work, and work when the needs of the service require which could be between 07:00 - 22:00. To work in all areas of the service. To be able to drive and use own vehicle to undertake duties and possess the relevant business use insurance. To carry colleagues as passengers when required. To use a work's mobile phone to allow contact during working hours and use other electronic and IT equipment such as laptops and electronic monitoring devices in the course of daily duties. Proactively working in partnership with colleagues from health and other professional agencies. To be the mentor and coordinator of a team that supports, assists and promotes the re-ablement of customers with identified needs, following therapeutic plans and pro-actively enabling them to reach their own potential, maintain independence and continue living within their own homes after a concentrated support period. To be the reablement mentor/coordinator in a team managing its own case load on a day to day basis. To assist the managers to problem solve and resolve issues on a day to day basis and manage team attendance and supervisions/annual reviews. To coach and identify training solutions to ensure staff are trained and equipped to actively re-able their customers. To ensure that staff are deployed in the most effective manner to utilise both time and costs. To re-able and promote the independence of customers in line with their personal goal plan. To encourage and motivate customers to build confidence to enable them to reach their potential and achieve their personal goals. To assist and support customers including those with complex needs and behaviours with active daily living skills. To positively contribute in the assessment and review of customer needs in order to create an accurate and therapeutic reablement plan. to undertake local assessments, audits and checks to ensure the service is delivering its objectives. To evaluate and modify programmes as and when required and recognise improvements. To receive, transmit and store information using methods appropriate to their urgency: eg. telephone, face to face and electronic. To be knowledgeable about and read changes in a customer needs and adapt their provision when required. To maintain clear and accurate records in accordance with the authority's policies and procedures, in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008. To assist customers with the use of aids and personal equipment. make minor adjustments to equipment including assistive technology following consultation with team members. To ensure personal finance records are maintained in line with financial procedures. To work as part of a team providing a seamless service that is centred on each individual customer. This will include attendance at multi-disciplinary meetings, and participation in any activities identified in the reablement goal plan. This will include liaising with and acting on advice provided by physiotherapists and occupational therapists, active case managers and other health practitioners. To effectively communicate with customers and their representatives and ensure any concerns are addressed. To protect customers from any form of abuse or neglect and the appropriate reporting mechanisms to inform management of any concerns. To attend service meetings making a positive and proactive contribution to improving customer, individual, team and service outcomes. To commit to Equality and Diversity and respect the rights of customers to privacy, dignity and confidentiality. To ensure that the reablement service is positively promoted and that all relevant departments are aware of the benefits of reablement. To contribute to the handling of complaints and issues that may arise. To deliver outstanding personalised customer care in the community. To ensure the effective and efficient usage of hours within the team. To carry out practical tasks relating to the physical environment that may be required which maintains Health and Safety requirements. To assess, monitor and record the management of customer's medication as identified in the care plan in line with the medication policy. To take part in developing risk assessments with customers and continually monitor and review them as customers achieve their goals. To actively mentor team members and participate in supervisions, team meetings and employee reviews. To contribute to the identification of your own training and development needs. To attend training and development activities as identified as relevant to your role including NVQ Level 3 in Care or equivalent and mandatory training and refreshers. To maintain your won Continuing Professional Development. To be responsible for your own Health and Safety and that of customers by adhering to policies and procedures eg Lone Working. To work in line with government requirements, policies and procedures. To promote anti-discriminatory practice by adopting best practice and implement the council's policy on equal opportunities. To work in accordance with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulations. To meet and maintain the standards of the Choices for Living Well Handbook. You will need to have obtained NVQ level 2 or above in Health and Social Care. To maintain a high standard of personal appearance and cleanliness including wearing, maintaining and safekeeping of uniforms. At this present time we are not supporting sponsorship candidates. Satisfactory DBS disclosure at the enhanced level to be reviewed in line with the authority's timescales. Your office base is at Killelea House, Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1JJ. Your line manager will be the Wellbeing Manager who reports to the Registered Manager. Normal hours of work are 37 hours which is Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00. You will be required to take part in the on call rota 07:30 - 09:00, 17:00 - 22:00, weekend 07:30 - 13:30, 16:00 - 22:00.

About Bury

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.


As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council

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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.

We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Paul Hannan on 07356 141701.