Care Assistant

About us:
St Wilfrid’s Hospice provides end of life support to the population of Eastbourne and the surrounding parts of East Sussex, from our stunning hospice building and through our highly skilled community teams. We are rated an ‘outstanding’ provider by the Care Quality Commission and have a clear vision of reaching increasing numbers of local patients and their families, in close collaboration with our community.

We provide a supportive working environment, which is demonstrated through our values: compassionate, professional, progressive, and respectful and these are embedded in our culture. We have a dynamic learning environment that actively promotes and facilitates opportunities for career progression through our competency framework.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled candidates, Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates and those who have experienced mental health issues.

The Role:

Our people are vital to the future of St Wilfrid’s Hospice and it is essential that we recruit and retain the very best individuals and offer a supportive, engaging, and rewarding working environment.

We are seeking Care Assistants to join our Care at Home (C@H) domiciliary care service. The successful applicants will work with a friendly, compassionate, and responsive team, be supported to complete the Care Certificate and given opportunities to attend skills training days and study session.

This post provides an exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to be part of a supportive and committed team.

Benefits included:

• We offer a generous holiday entitlement of 27 days per year plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Employee assistance programmes
• Additional training opportunities
• Supportive working environment
• We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role including; various shift patterns and part time hours.

If you have any questions regarding your application please do not hesitate to contact the Human Resources team on 01323 434209 or email recruitment@stwhospice.org

If you would like to discuss the role in further detail please contact Leanne Swain, Community Team Leader on 07593 139648 or Leanne.swain@stwhospice.org. Alternatively, you can contact the Care At Home Supervisors on 01323 434260.

Please note that CV’s will not be accepted, unless candidates are unable to complete our application form due to a disability.

Previous applicants need not apply.