Reablement Registered Manager - Adult Social Care

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Job Title: Reablement Registered Manager - Adult Social Care

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Organisation: Hackney Council Anonymous Apps > Adults, Health & Integration

Job Number: HCAA02813

Service: Adult Social Care

DBS Required: Yes

Organisation Logo: Hackney Council

Agreement Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Contracted Hours: 36

Grade: PO7

SCP Range: £60,633 - £62,742

Hackney is one of the most dynamic and progressive local authorities in the UK. We are a resilient, vibrant, and creative borough in the heart of London, with strong, diverse communities and a powerful set of shared values.

Over the past twenty years, the Council has built up first-class services, outstanding public infrastructure, and a reputation for excellence, innovation, and ambition. We are leading the way on essential work, such as our fight for equity in Hackney, with a particular focus on becoming an actively anti-racist borough. But the work doesn’t stop there, we are proactive in our approach to bringing fairness to all aspects of life including gender, neurodiversity and across the poverty divide.

The Post

The role of the Reablement Registered Manager is critical to ensuring the service is legally compliant, operationally effective, financially sustainable and aligned with Hackney’s strategic priorities around independence, prevention and community-based care. The Registered Manager will have overall responsibility for ensuring the service meets and maintains full compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulations and standards, embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement, robust governance and safe, person-centred practice.

The Reablement Registered Manager will be responsible for the in-house Reablement provision in the provided services, following an assessment from a Social Worker.

The role is focused on delivering safe, person-centred support that upholds dignity, choice and respect, enabling people to remain as independent as possible.

The service works with the most complex and at-risk service users, ensuring that their dignity, choice and respect are the cornerstones of all that it does, allowing people to remain as independent as possible.

The Registered manager will oversee the in-house Reablement and will provide supervision for the team leaders while working in collaboration with other colleagues and partners. The Reablement Assessment Flats (RAFs) offer short-term accommodation for Hackney residents who are ready to leave hospital but are not yet able to return home safely.

These flats are a key part of Hackney’s new Reablement offer, making this an exciting time to join the team as we support residents regain independence and plan their long-term housing and care needs.

As the Registered manager for the Reablement Service, you will coordinate and manage the Team Leaders and the Reablement Care Support Workers, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care is delivered in the Reablement Assessment Flats. You will oversee daily work allocation, staff supervision, training, performance management and induction of new team members, while managing rotas and resource allocation in response to changing service demands.

The role involves working closely with residents, families, social workers and other health professionals, carrying out quality assurance checks, managing complaints, and ensuring compliance with health and safety, safeguarding and regulatory requirements. You will maintain accurate records and reports, contribute to service development, and promote best practice through effective leadership and collaborative working. You will be prepared to apply to CQC to be the Registered manager of the Reablement service.

The Person

The ideal candidate will hold an NVQ Level 5 in Health and Social care management, or equivalent, with proven significant management experience leading teams within regulated care services and a proven track record of delivering high-quality outcomes.

You will have a strong understanding of statutory legislation, safeguarding, CQC regulations, and community-based social care, alongside experience developing, implementing and reviewing individual support plans. Skilled in risk assessment, resource allocation, and IT systems, you will be able to lead a team effectively, communicate clearly with residents, families and colleagues, and make autonomous decisions while remaining calm under pressure. A commitment to promoting independence, equality, and culturally sensitive practice is essential, as is a willingness to work flexibly within a 7-day rota and hold a current Enhanced DBS.

Whilst we value experience, you need to be committed to providing quality day opportunities to adults on the Autistic Spectrum and Learning Disabilities, while understanding the needs of Older People. You will need to evidence leadership qualities, flexibility, enthusiasm, initiative, and resilience, for what is often a very demanding but rewarding vocation.You will be required to demonstrate that you are able to lead a very vibrant and demanding environment, whilst being able to initiate a range of educational, vocational, and recreational activities for people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, challenging behaviour, autism and Older People based on assessed needs. Knowledge and experience of managing people with challenging behaviour and proven skills in and evaluating and monitoring service user’s progress is essential for this role.

You will be responsible for reassessing service users, the team and circumstances to ensure care and support is delivered in a safe and appropriate manner. You will need to ensure all records, paperwork and files are maintained to a high standard. The person in this post will be accountable for the use and safekeeping of data, as well as being a fair and supportive people leader. You will need to demonstrate you are able to manage, guide and motivate a staff team.You will need to have excellent communications skills, an ability to build strong relationships and a professional demeanour that generates confidence.This is a busy post and tasks are varied. You will need to be able to prioritise and meet deadlines and the demands the role may bring.

• Ability to lead, manage and develop a large and diverse service
• QCF Level 5 diploma in leadership in Health and Social Care, above or equivalent qualification is essential to this post
• Significant management experience within regulated health and social care services-Proven experience of being a CQC registered manager, leading teams and maintaining compliance with statutory legislation, safeguarding and CQC regulations.

For regulatory requirements, please provide your full employment history from age of first employment, including an explanation for any gaps of employment on the online application form. If this is not provided at the application stage, unfortunately your application will not be considered.

Please note: an Enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV’s.

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As part of the application process, you will need to complete a number of competency based questions. These questions allow you to demonstrate your suitability for the role and provide examples of your skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description.

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Closing date for applications: 22 March 2026 (22:59)

Interview and assessment date: W/C 06 Apr 2026

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk

Expiration Date: 22/03/2026