Care Officer Higher
Location: Ireland Lodge, Lockwood Crescent, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6UF
Date posted 02/06/2026
Job details
Salary £14.59 – £14.82 per hour plus enhancements
Basis: Fixed Hours
Package: We are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your wellbeing. You can read about them on our Why work for us pages.
Job category/type: Adult Social Care
Job reference: REQ0001030
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Job description
CARE FOR OTHERS – MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Brighton and Hove City Council are recruiting for 2 Care Officers
1 x 24 hours and 1 x 21 hour a week.
Permanent Care Officers at Ireland Lodge to work shifts – early/lates/weekends which may include a 12 hour shift. Enhancements are paid for nights, weekends and Bank Holiday hours. There will be the opportunity for working additional hours depending on requirements.
Are you looking for a rewarding, varied role in social care where each day can offer a fresh challenge? Are you passionate about making a real difference to someone’s life? Value treating people with dignity and respect?
Are you interested in supporting and caring for people with Dementia?
If you enjoy helping people and want to make a difference to their lives, we would very much like to hear from you.
Contract type: This role is permanent.
Interviews to be held: up to two weeks after the closing date.
There is full information about the role below and attached but, if you would like an informal discussion, please contact Tina Johns Assistant Operations Manager on 01273 295772 or email tina.johns@brighton-hove.gov.uk.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it’s what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours.
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
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