Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent – two positions available
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £26,824 (Level one) rising to £27,694 (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Spring Meadow, 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 who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. 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
Care Workers at Level 2 implement Care Plans and report any concerns or reasons care plans cannot be followed, as well as monitoring care and welfare of citizens, recording accurate information on running records, communication books, care plans monitoring charts (e.g. weight monitoring, falls, etc.) and other written and electronic communications as required.
Care Workers at Level 2 are also expected to work and cooperate with other professionals, as well as citizens and their meaningful others, to ensure a shared approach to care and support and continuity of care and treatment.
To provide safe and appropriate personalized care and support to citizens in a way that maintains their dignity, maximizes independence, and gives them choice and control over the way their care is provided. This includes writing and maintaining individual person-centred care plans and the administration of medication.
To work in any area of Adult Social Care, whether in the home, the community or within a Council establishment and to be prepared to work with Citizens with different and varying needs.
About You
- Ability to assist and support citizens to exercise choice and control in accordance with their needs, preferences and aspirations
- Encourage, motivate and support citizens to maintain or regain maximum independence in all aspects of daily living and purposeful activities.
- Develop and coordinate leisure and social activities that promote self-esteem, confidence and a purposeful day. This can include one to one or conversations, group activities, supporting citizens with their individual interests, developing or maintaining contact with family, friends and community, accompanying citizens on outings, collection of shopping, pensions etc.
- Ability to write and maintain up to date individual person-centred care plans for citizen
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
SPONSORSHIP – 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.
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council.
Benefits
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled – these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
Closing Date: 1st August 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.
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