3 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: • The Reablement & Bridging Senior Care Officer plays a key role within the Community Reablement Team, supporting adults to regain or develop the skills needed for independent daily living following illness or a hospital stay. • The post-holder will provide senior-level care for more complex cases, encourage strength-based independence, and ensure high-quality, person-centred practice. • They will line-manage a team of Reablement Care Workers, provide supervision, maintain training standards, and ensure compliance with statutory duties, regulated service requirements and Cardiff Council policies. • The role involves hybrid working, rota-based hours and delivering a high standard of care within a regulated setting. Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample): • Line-manage a designated team of Reablement Care Workers, providing supervision, guidance, mentoring and support. • Ensure training and compliance standards are maintained in line with CIW regulations, RISCA 2016, the Social Care (Wales) Act 2014 and Council policies. • Monitor individual client cases, ensuring care plans remain appropriate and provide regular feedback to Team Leads and Assessors. • Support more complex cases by delivering strength-based, person-centred care aimed at developing or re-establishing independence. • Promote independence by empowering service users to make informed choices while ensuring safe risk management. • Maintain accurate and compliant records for staff and service users. • Collaborate with partner agencies, internal departments, health professionals and third sector organisations. • Provide day-to-day problem-solving support to Reablement Care Workers, including overcoming technology or system barriers. • Maintain required training levels and registration with Social Care Wales. • Work in line with the Council’s safeguarding, health and safety and equality policies. • Work flexibly across community locations, homes, County Hall and hybrid working arrangements as service needs demand. Skills/Experience: • Experience working with older people and/or adults with disabilities. • Experience in a home care or community care setting. • Proven experience of supervising or line-managing staff within a regulated care service. • Ability to work to challenging timescales and prioritise tasks under pressure. • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with vulnerable clients and multi-agency partners. • Understanding of CIW standards, regulated services requirements and health and safety responsibilities. • Ability to maintain high standards of record-keeping and case documentation. • Strong problem-solving ability and mentoring skills. • Computer literacy, including confidence using Office 365. • Person-centred, strength-based and outcomes-focused practice approach. • Good numerical skills. Additional Information: • Ability to work flexibly across rota requirements (7am–10pm). • Hours: 37 per week, rota-based (any 5 days out of 7, between 7am–10pm) • Location: County Hall / Community settings / Hybrid • Staff Managed: 8–13 Reablement Care Workers • Enhanced DBS is required for this role.