Reablement Outreach Practitioner
Company: Wakefield Council
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Grade 6 SCP 12 - SCP 18
Expires: 05/07/2026
Role Overview
As a Practitioner, you’ll lead a dedicated team to deliver person‑centred care to some of the most vulnerable people in our community. You’ll work on a 4‑week rota, including weekends and bank holidays, with shifts between 06:30 – 15:00 and 14:30 – 23:00.
About the Service
The aim of our service is to enable service users to remain in their own homes by promoting independence and delivering a quality service.
To ensure individuals are treated with dignity and respect and to work alongside other professionals and agencies in a person‑centred way to deliver effective services within national guidelines and standards.
The Reablement Service provides short‑term care, usually delivered in the person’s own home, and is offered to people with disabilities, those recovering from illness or injury, and those with potential for significant improvement.
The purpose of Reablement is to help people who have experienced deterioration in 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 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, giving extra support with confidence building and time to readjust after a period away from home.
We also provide emergency care and support response to people who need extra support whilst further assessments can be completed.
Essential Requirements
* A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role.
* 4 GCSE’s at pass / grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including Maths and English Language.
* Level 2 in Health & Social Care, or a requirement to undertake all required qualifications on successful completion of the probationary period.
Benefits
* A competitive salary.
* Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave.
* Hybrid working (subject to role suitability).
* Access to high‑quality training programmes to advance your career to the next level.
* We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work‑life balance as well as supportive leadership.
* Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
* Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
* Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise programme, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more.
Contact
Name: Margarita Crofts
Telephone: 07583 962806
E‑mail: mcrofts @wakefield.gov.uk
Name: Debbie Seaman
Telephone: 07464 907721
E‑mail: dseaman@wakefield.gov.uk
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