Reablement Support Worker
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the roleOur Prevention & Early Intervention Service is recruiting Part Time Reablement Support Workers to join dynamic, person-centered teams within Cambridgeshire. These roles support frail, vulnerable adults on their individual reablement journeys following illness or injury, and work independently in the community, helping individuals to achieve their personal goals and regain daily living skills.
You will be supporting individuals recently discharged from hospital, delivering care based on tailored goal plans within their own homes. This includes support with personal care, medication, nutrition, mobility, and general well-being.
For informal enquiries about the role, please contact either Laura Clarke at Laura.Clarke2@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Tracey Willis at tracey.willis@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
The closing date for applications is 7th August 2026, and the interviews will be held in person the week commencing 17th August 2026.
What will you be doing?Key responsibilities include:
- Enabling individuals to regain their independence through short-term support.
- Working in partnership with individuals to achieve goals in their own homes.
- Responding to emergency situations in the community alongside health colleagues.
- Providing personal care and administering medication where required.
- Monitoring and reviewing progress against support plans.
- Keeping accurate and timely case records using our electronic systems.
We treat all our service users as individuals and place their needs at the heart of our work. You will be passionate about supporting others and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
You should be able to demonstrate:
- A caring and respectful attitude.
- Good written and spoken English.
- Awareness of confidentiality, equality, and diversity.
- Ability to work independently in the community.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a car (with business insurance).
- You must provide a full employment history with explanations for any gaps.
- Please note that the salary for this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship and the role is subject to a Full and Enhanced DBS check.
Part-time hours available, including weekend work on a rota basis. You will be working across Cambridgeshire in a community-based role.
About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
Salary range
- £26,403 - £28,142 per year