Reablement Support Worker 10562

Be the Difference at Norfolk County Council

Could you help someone regain their confidence and independence?
If you want to make a real difference in your community, we’d love to hear from you – even if you’ve never worked in Social Care before.

At Norfolk First Response our reablement approach supports individuals to do things for themselves. We use techniques that support retraining or regaining skills and building confidence to maximise their independence for a period of up to 6 weeks.

What does the role involve?

You will assist and support individuals in their home with tasks to enable them to regain their independence. This may include personal care, medication administration, supervising transfers and mobility, nutritional and hydration needs.

What we’re looking for:

A caring, empathetic person who wants to be the difference in someone’s life
A full driving licence and access to a vehicle (to visit people in their homes)
No previous experience required – we’ll provide full training

We have part time hours available based across East Norfolk, on a rota that balances mornings (7:30am–2pm or 8am–2:30pm) and evenings (4:30pm–9pm or 5pm–10pm). Hours are averaged over two weeks, giving you the ability to plan ahead and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Hours to be discussed with candidates at interview.

What we offer:

Competitive salary and weekend enhancement
Generous holiday entitlement
Paid travel time and business mileage
Paid training and support to gain your Care Certificate
Free DBS check, uniform, Tablet
Local office base for team support
Plus, a fantastic range of Norfolk County Council benefits:
- Health and wellbeing services, including free counselling
- Norfolk Rewards discounts on shopping, holidays, tech and more
- Blue Light Card for Social Care workers
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- Tax-efficient car lease and cycle schemes

Ready to Be the Difference?
Apply today – we review applications regularly, so don’t wait for the closing date.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

For an informal discussion regarding this position please contact the Norfolk First Response Business Support Team at nfrbusinesssupport@norfolk.gov.uk

Please note: This role is not eligible for skilled worker visa.

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 – dependent 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

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

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: 30 June 2026

All other applicants closing date: 07 July 2026