Home Carer

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 30 per week

Salary: NJC Grade E SCP 12-17 £28,598 - £31,022 pro-rata per annum, plus allowances for evening and weekend working

Closing Date: Friday 29th May 2026 at 12 noon

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to expand our existing workforce. We are looking for dedicated care staff who want to make a difference. This is a great opportunity to join our service working within a fantastic, well established and motivated team.

We are looking for highly motivated, dynamic people with a wide range of skills who are reliable and hardworking and can work as part of a team and are able to adapt to change in a fast moving, innovative and customer focused service.

Your role will be to help vulnerable people maintain and regain their independence and remain in their own home with an improved quality of life utilising a Strength based appraoch to care delivery. The role also involves supporting individuals upon discharge from hospital as part of the Discharge to Assess pathways and Complex and Palliative care.

The successful candidates will be working on a rota, including weekends, bank holidays and shift working. This is an excellent opportunity for the right people to work in a modern, caring, fulfilling service, in return we offer excellent staff support systems, training and development. Although previous experience could be an advantage, it is not essential. We are able to be flexible in the contracted hours offered and preferences can be discussed at interview.

If you feel that you have the knowledge, skills and abilities to make a difference then we look forward to hear from you.

A full driving license and use of a car is preferable.

As a front line care provider we ensure Government guidance is implemented and practiced at all times with regards to the current climate.

For an informal discussion about this vacancy please contact Katie Gardiner, Team Leader, on 01253 477588

If you require any information on Care and Support recruitment opportunities, advice or support on completing applications: please contact Adult Social Care Resilience Team on 01253 478444 or Email asc.resilience@blackpool.gov.uk 

At this point in time we are not able to offer a Visa sponsorship in this role due to operational reasons.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The successful applicant will be required to work outside of a 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday work pattern and will receive an additional payment on top of the quoted salary as a result.