Care Assistant, Fessey House
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Salary: £25,989 p.a. pro rata/£13.47 per hour, plus benefits
Variable hours
Various shifts with alternate weekend working
Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journey to transform service delivery. We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that’s who we’re doing it for – the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you’ll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It’s all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.
Fessey House is not your “traditional” care home. Our 68-bed home comprises of 6 individual purpose-built units, each of which include a kitchen, lounge and dining room.
Our service users are aged 65+, all with a cognitive impairment such as Dementia. It is a unique, modern environment, recently extended, with vast landscaped gardens and communal activity rooms for our residents to enjoy.
We pride ourselves on the person-centred approach we have for supporting both our individuals and their families.
Your next role
As a Care Assistant, you will complement our friendly team, supporting our individuals to gain the best outcome for them to live the life they deserve here with us.
Full training will be given to allow you to develop in the role as you to work towards gaining an NVQ level 2 Care Certificate or Health and Social Care if hot currently held.
Experience of working with elderly people either formal or informal is essential, along with an awareness of Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.
About us
Fessey House aims to provide a supported living environment where older people can feel safe, secure and free to live their lives as independently as possible.
Privacy, dignity and the right to make choices are paramount in our approach to providing the highest quality service for those who choose to make Fessey House their home.
The service we provide is designed to meet the needs to each individual in such a way as to provide them with the opportunity to maintain as much control over their own lives as possible.
But don’t just take our word for it. See what our workers have to say about working at Fessey House by following this link.
We offer a mixture of shift patterns including “earlies” (8:00am start) and “lates” (9:30pm finish) or “nights” (9:30pm to 8:00am) on a rolling 2-week rota with a requirement to work every other weekend.
Fessey House is located on Brookdene in Haydon Wick, easily accessible by bus. To view Swindon’s bus timetable, please visit: Swindon's Bus Company - Buses across Swindon
Must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role)”.
You will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Your next package
We have free parking on site, generous holiday entitlement, comprehensive Learning and Development programmes, an excellent local government pension and sickness schemes and many other benefits like discounts on shopping, eating out and entertainment, Health and Beauty, to name a but a few of our staff benefits. Please see our Rewards and Benefits for more details.
We also have an Employee Assistant Programme and App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, and other expert advice.
For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.
Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan.
Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.
Your next steps
Please read the role profile, which is available in the documents section to the righthand side of the page. To submit an application for this role, select Quick Apply.
For further information about the role, please contact Sharron Black, In House Provider Operational Manager at sblack@swindon.gov.uk.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so early applications are encouraged.
As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read ourstatement of commitment to equality & inclusion.
If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application, please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on a Wednesday.
Closing date: 4 June 2026
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