Reablement Support Worker 9123

Reablement Support Worker 9123| Permanent hours contract | £13.68 to £14.58 per hour (Scale E)| Priory House, King's Lynn

Working pattern over two weeks including weekends and bank holidays.

Could you give people their confidence back and support our community? If so, we'd love to hear from you - even if you haven't considered working in Social Care before.

Here at Norfolk First Response we work with a reablement ethos, working alongside people in their homes to make a positive difference. We aim to help them regain their previous abilities within 6 weeks following a period of ill health or change in circumstances and our Support Workers (Reablement) are a key part of that.

Find out more about a day in the life of a Support Worker (Reablement) here.

The vacant posts are as follows:

1 x 16.5 hours in King's Lynn and surrounding area

1 x 16.5 hours and 1 x 25.75 hours in Gayton, Swaffham and surrounding areas

1 x 16.5 hours in Hunstanton and surrounding areas

1 x 27.75 hours in our relief team covering all across West Norfolk.

These roles may also cover other areas of West Norfolk depending on the needs of the service. You will work a range of mornings (usually 7:30am to 1:30pm) and evenings (4pm to 8:30pm) with the hours averaged out over a two-week rota, enabling you to plan in advance to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

You need to be caring, empathetic and committed to making a difference to people's lives with the ability to easily commute to people's homes in West Norfolk so will need a full driving licence and access to a vehicle. However, you do not need previous experience as full training will be given. In return, we offer a competitive salary, a range of employee benefits (including discounts on daily purchases) and:

• Time and a third for the weekend hours you work

• Paid time for travelling between carefully planned visits

• Paid business mileage

• Paid training time

• Support gaining your Care Certificate

• A work laptop and mobile phone

• A free DBS check

• Free uniform

• An office base in your area so you can meet with colleagues or your line manager when needed

We review applications regularly, so you need not wait until the closing date to apply. Please indicate in your application which vacancy or vacancies you are applying for.

Please note this vacancy is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service

• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.

• Financial benefits such as:

• ' Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.

• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers

• Relocation expenses (where applicable)

• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work

• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.

• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 23 October 2025 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 2 November 2025 at 23:59