Overview
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week, Monday to Friday
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £28,598 (Level 1) rising to £31,022 (Level 3) per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Spring Meadow Day Centre, 55 Meadows Way, Nottingham, NG2 3DZ
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
Make a difference every day at Spring Meadow!
Care Workers at Level 3 are required to support Care Worker level 2s and 1s to provide safe and appropriate personalised care and support to citizens. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys taking responsibility, working collaboratively, and creating meaningful experiences for the people we support.
Care Workers provide safe and appropriate personalised support to citizens according to their assessed needs. This includes writing and maintaining individual person centred care plans and completing assessments and regular reviews. They are also expected to plan, organise and facilitate individual or group activities / interventions in order to support citizens to maximise independence and confidence, as appropriate.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
* Ability to assess social care and health needs and develop, implement, maintain and update Person Centred Care Plans, and effective administrative skills and ability to utilise and update various manual and IT systems, analysing and using data effectively
* Excellent oral and written communication skills (including facilitating reviews, engagement, report writing, maintaining good quality records, letters, difficult conversations etc.) Awareness of Health & Safety requirements relevant to the post and completion of risk assessments as required.
* Knowledge and understanding of the rights, needs and feelings of vulnerable adults from diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
* Good numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to Level 1 literacy Skills (Qualifications and Credit Framework) or equivalent qualification
* NVQ/ QCF 2/3 or equivalent in Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards this.
-This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.
-A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
Please note that this role does not meet the relevant salary threshold criteria for Skilled Visa sponsorship, and therefore applicants requiring sponsorship are unable to apply.
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Russell Boultby (Bernie), Care Team Leader, by email here.
Closing Date: 20th February 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre:https://emss.org.uk/support
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