INTERNAL JOB. This vacancy is only available to Torfaen County Borough Council (TCBC) employees and agency workers currently engaged with TCBC.
We are looking for a highly organised, enthusiastic and motivated person to join our new Integrated Reablement Service to support service delivery.
The Integrated Reablement Service (IR) in Torfaen, part of the Adults & Communities Directorate, aims to support residents in leading healthy, fulfilling, and independent lives within their local community or within Ty Glas y Dorlan.
The IR service supports vulnerable individuals with “assessed eligible” needs for social care provision, to be enabled to be as independent as possible in Torfaen to remain safely in their own homes.This service encompasses community homebased, reablement, respite and adult social care functions. The IR service will focus on preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, stepping down from hospital either to their own home or where this is not possible into our short stay unit (Ty Glas y Dorlan) as a step towards home.
The Enablement Team Lead will work in a person-centred outcomes focused manner, being able to model ‘what matters’ conversations and assessment, work with other social care practitioners to embed practice that is strengths based, focused on promoting independence, skills building and positive risk taking. You will direct and guide support workers and reablement practitioners through difficult and challenging cases and support them to deliver a safe and effective services to people living in the community.
The Enablement Lead has a key role in carrying out functions linked directly with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) regulations. You must have a well-developed knowledge and understanding around all the relevant legislation relating to Domiciliary Care. The person appointed must demonstrate experience working within the field of social care and be able to display excellent risk management skills. You will direct, supervise, quality assure and safeguard the service which operates over a 24-hour period, 365 days a year.
The successful candidate will be based at Ty Glas Y Dorlan . The post is full time, 37 hours per week, covering office hours between 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 4:30 pm on a Friday. There is also a need to provide management cover and participate in a standby system to cover the out of hours personal care service (Additional Payment will be made). You will therefore be on-call during out of office hours, on a rota basis which covers 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year from 7:am – 8:30 am and 5:00 pm (4:30 pm on a Friday) 11:00 pm.
This is an exciting time to join the Integrated Reablement Service in Torfaen and to ensure that your contribution makes a difference. For an informal discussion regarding these vacancies please contact: Gaynor Evans Team Manager Community Services on 01495 766371, or gaynor.evans@torfaen.gov.uk.
You must demonstrate how you meet the Essential criteria listed in the attached Person Specification in order to secure an interview: How to apply Guidance for applicants Torfaen County Borough Council.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. A comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants, which will include an Enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Torfaen County Borough Council strives to be a fair, supportive and effective employer. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. The Council expects all employees, paid or unpaid, to share this commitment. We value the range of experiences that a diverse workforce brings and therefore we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and under-represented groups.
Welsh Language Skills are desirable for this post but not essential. You are welcome to submit your application in English or in Welsh. Each application will be treated equally.
We are a registered Disability Confident Leader and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. Our Guaranteed Interview scheme guarantees that people with disabilities will be invited to interview, so long as they meet the essential requirements for the role. If you have a health condition, are neurodivergent, or use British sign language, and need to discuss reasonable adjustments, please contact the recruiting manager. We can only work with you to arrange adjustments if we are made aware of your requirements prior to your application submission, test or interview.
Please ensure that you only apply for this position via Torfaen Council’s vacancies website. CVs and applications submitted to any other websites are not received by us.
