Reablement Outreach Practitioner

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago


Knottingley, United Kingdom Wakefield Council Full time

Our Reablement Service are seeking to appoint a number of Practitioners, working a 26.25 per week permanent contract. This essential service works 7 days per week, 52 weeks a year, providing the best possible quality of care in the community.

The successful candidate will support the service by understanding and assessing needs and goals of people who use our service to achieve outcomes and reduce the need for social care long term support.

This exciting role will lead a team to deliver high quality care and support to the most vulnerable people of our district, meeting their needs, and promoting person centred care at every opportunity. 

This post is subject to the Fluency Duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act . The post holder is required to demonstrate a proficient level of fluency under the Duty as detailed within the job specification for the post

The Reablement Service provides short term care, usually delivered in the person’s own home and is offered to people with disabilities and those who are recovering from an illness or injury and have the potential for significant improvement. The purpose of Reablement is to help people who have experienced deterioration in their health or have increased support needs, to relearn skills required to keep them safe and independent at home. 

We provide a bridging service which provides care and support to people who are waiting for a long term package of care to be agreed or to bridge a period of time before a package of care can restart.

Our resettlement service provides care and support for a short period of time to settle people back into their previous daily routine and gives extra support with confidence building and time to readjust after a period of time away from home.

We also provide e mergency care and support response to people who need extra support whilst further assessments can be completed.

With a salary of £26, to £29, (FTE) including 29 days holiday, there are lots of other benefits which make up our overall employee package, such as:

A career average pension scheme Flexible working arrangements Employee Benefits scheme Access to OHU A strong commitment to training and development

For further information, please contact Angie Mathews on .