Community Reablement Worker - Young Adult Disabilities

Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall (countywide Team)

Salary: Grade 8 - £28,605 - £31,029 per annum (pro rata for part-time, pay award pending)

Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 Months)

Closing Date: 3rd September 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference to the lives of adults in Leicestershire? Are you passionate about promoting independence?

About the Role

As a Community Health Reablement Worker, you will meet with individuals, families and carers to connect and listen. To deliver a community-based enablement and inclusion service, which support people to learn or relearn skills, enable individuals to become as independent as possible, reduce social isolation, and encourage people to be part of their community.

Where there is an eligible need, you will devise a plan for how the person can access the support they require, this may be connecting with their local community, referral on to other agencies or provide service to support their unmet need. Where necessary, you will identify and report potential safeguarding, consider mental capacity, and other high-risk situations where a person’s safety or liberty may be at risk. You will undertake visits to people in their own homes, in a hospital setting or wherever the person feels most comfortable to meet you.

Our Team

The Young Adult Disabilities team (YAD) is a county wide service who support young people with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), who are likely to have needs for care and support as an adult to ensure those eligible social care needs will be met when they become 18.

The Care Act stipulates that preparation for adulthood should begin well before a young person reaches the age of 18. It is therefore crucial that the YAD Team can begin the process of co-working and complete the adult social care assessment and support plan at an appropriate stage prior to the young person’s 18th birthday.

Good preparation for adult life needs to start early and high aspirations are crucial to success. The focus should be on the young person’s strengths and capabilities and the outcomes they want to achieve.

To plan successfully, all services involved in the young person’s life need to actively engage and support the planning for adulthood. An essential part of your role will be working collaboratively with children’s services, education, and health.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Have relevant health/social care qualifications to NVQ Level 2 or equivalent and / or equivalent relevant experience / or experience of working with adults in a social care setting and of working with other agencies within a fieldwork environment.
• Have the relevant experience (paid or voluntary) working with adults with mental health conditions, physical and learning disabilities in a social care setting and experience of working with other agencies and understand the need to undertake need and risk assessments and the issues/needs that adults and their families/carers may have.
• Knowledge of the needs and issues of citizens and carers including ethnic minorities, disability and age issues and an understanding of disability issues and how this can impact on people’s lives.
• Understanding of recovery, enablement, social inclusion and Person-Centred
• Have a good understanding of social care organisations and their roles and responsibilities as part of the wider community and voluntary sector.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in negotiation, persuasion, assertiveness, and conflict management, and able to build effective working relationships.
• Be able to recognise the limits of own accountability and responsibility, and to seek appropriate support and advice when required and be able to manage a caseload and work to clear objectives and have the ability to work / travel to various locations across the county, work as part of a duty rota for the service and the ability to work flexibly.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Resourcing Co-ordinator - Adults & Cultural Services

Telephone: 0116 305 5973

Email: CP-Requests@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About us

About Leicestershire County Council

At Leicestershire County Council, we're committed to making a real difference in people's lives. Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone.

Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire. Whether you're starting your career or looking for your next challenge, you'll find a place with us where your ideas are valued, and your work has purpose.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
Working for Us