Reablement Team Leader

Job Overview

Working Hours:

35 Hours Per Week
Contract Type:
Permanent, Full Time
Additional Payments: 10% Flexibility Payment, Essential Car User Allowance
Closing Date: 19 June 2026
Interview Method:
In Person

The role holder will effectively manage a team of reablement staff, undertaking all management activities, coaching staff and observing practice, evaluating performance and putting in place appropriate support to ensure continual service improvement and improved outcomes for citizens.
They will manage an effective and efficient rota system that helps schedule reablement support workers’ visits to citizens, ensuring that requests for reablement services are always responded to promptly and supported by real‑time information on current capacity.
They will assess and review health and safety issues relating to staff and customers, identify and action solutions to minimise risk, and support the development needs of reablement support workers by ensuring all new directorate initiatives are disseminated down to them and all skills gaps are effectively addressed. The role holder will be based at Reablement South at Trafford house.

• NVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care within six months of commencing the role (or willingness to undertake and achieve it).
• Essential Car User: must hold a full valid driving licence, provide own car for use at work and receive the Essential Car User Allowance.
• Required statutory disclosure:
  Enhanced DBS check (Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975).
• Medical clearance:
  Pre‑placement health assessment (PPHA).
• Proof of identity and full employment history.
• Compliance with right‑to‑work requirements:
  Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Generous holiday allowance – up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days after five years of service; additional leave purchase up to two additional weeks.
• A buzzing pension – enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme with options to top up; includes life cover of three‑times your salary as a lump sum.
• Enhanced parental and carer's leave – designed to provide ample time to bond with a new-born or support family during critical life events.
• Brilliant perks – discounts on shopping, holidays, phone contracts, cycle‑to‑work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
• Learning and growth opportunities – workshops, training sessions, apprenticeships and qualifications; comprehensive onboarding process.
• A Good Employment Charter member – commitment to secure, flexible work, fair pay reviews, trade union representation and health and wellbeing support.
• Up to three days of pro‑rated volunteering leave in addition to existing benefits.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We provide specialist support, advice and an adjustment hub to ensure that everyone can thrive. Members of the armed forces, care leavers, people with disabilities or long‑term conditions, and those who have completed the GM Elevate Leadership Programme will receive guaranteed assessments throughout the hiring process.

We welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, especially from diverse communities, disabled individuals and young people.

All information is designed to adhere to accessibility standards, and our workplaces are disability‑friendly.

We will support you with any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment to undertake the duties of the role. If a task is unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.