Bedford Borough Council has opportunities for flexible, motivated people, who are passionate about providing high-quality care and supporting older people to live enriched and meaningful lives.
Care Assistant opportunities with us
You can apply to become a Care Assistant at any time.
The starting salary is £22,737 pro rata per annum (£12.00 per hour including living wage supplement).
High volume of applications
We are currently receiving a high volume of applications, which means you may experience a delay in hearing from us.
Care homes in Bedford Borough
Our six care homes are based in Bedford and Kempston (there may not be opportunities at all locations):
Southway, London Road, Bedford: residential community for people living with dementia.
Highfield, Avon Drive, Brickhill, Bedford: residential community for older people.
Puttenhoe, Putnoe Street, Putnoe, Bedford: residential community for older people and people living with dementia.
Brookside, High Street, Kempston: residential community for older people living with a learning disability.
Parkside, Bedford Road, Kempston: residential community for older people.
Rivermead, Halsey Road, Kempston: residential community for people living with dementia.
We also have opportunities at George Beal House, off Williamson Road, Kempston. George Beal House is a short breaks service for adults with learning disabilities and people who have a range of complex needs, including multiple levels of disability.
We are particularly looking for suitably qualified and experienced candidates to work with us at Rivermead, Southway, and George Beal House.
Working as a care assistant
As a member of the Care Team you will:
provide care to the highest standard to meet the needs of the resident
support the physical and emotional needs of residents to enable them to maintain maximum independence in a safe environment
be required to work alternate weekends, some evenings and public holidays
Shift patterns
Shifts are split between day shifts which cover the period from 7am to 9.30pm, and night shifts which cover 9pm to 7.30am.
Day shifts are usually seven hours and will either be early shifts (between the hours 7am and 2.30pm) or late shifts (between the hours 2pm and 9.30pm). Staff will work a mix of both early and late shifts.
Bank staff opportunities
If you are unable to commit to a shift pattern, we are also looking for Bank staff to work at our care homes. You can select this on the application form.
Important information to read before you apply
Individual care homes do not have application forms for collection, if you require further information please contact the recruitment team at Recruitment.team@bedford.gov.uk
We will do our best to accommodate preferences for hours and/or location, but cannot guarantee that posts will be available.
Successful applicants will be required to apply for a enhanced DBS check.
Due to high numbers of applications you may not hear from us for a while as it is taking us longer to score all the applications.
