Care Assistant
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Job Summary
Do you want to make a difference to the lives of our residents while developing valuable skills and experience in social care
Were looking for compassionate reliable and motivated individuals to join our team at Chichester Road is a CQC-registered care home and support residents to live with dignity independence and wellbeing
As aCare Assistant you will play a vital role in delivering hands-on personal care and support to residents helping them to live safely comfortably and with dignity.
You will work as part of a supportive team to ensure residents receive high-quality person-centred care in line with their individual support plans.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing personal care and physical support to residents including assistance with washing dressing mobility and daily living tasks.
- Supporting residents to maintain their health wellbeing and independence in a safe care environment.
- Encouraging and enabling residents to access health social and personal care services.
- Supporting residents with day-to-day routines and promoting choice dignity and respect at all times.
- Working in line with individual care and support plans that reflect residents recovery goals identity and needs.
- Observing recording and reporting changes in residents physical or mental health to senior staff.
- Supporting a clean safe and welcoming environment in line with CQC standards and organisational policies.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues including Support Workers healthcare professionals and external agencies.
- Promoting safeguarding equality diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your work.
The service operates on a24/7 rota basis includingdays evenings nights weekends bank holidays and sleep-in shifts. Flexibility is essential to meet the needs of the service.
About You
We are looking for a dedicated hardworking and compassionate individual who is committed to delivering high standards of care.
You should be able to respond appropriately and calmly to a range of needs within a diverse resident group.
You will also have:
- A caring respectful and non-judgemental approach.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Reliability flexibility and a willingness to work a 24/7 rota including sleep-in shifts.
- An understanding of or interest in supporting people with complex needs including homelessness substance misuse and mental health conditions.
- A commitment to safeguarding dignity equality and inclusion.
- A willingness to learn and undertake training and development.
Previous experience in care is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided. We value the right attitude compassion and commitment to supporting others.
Why Join Us
At Chichester Road you will be part of a supportive and dedicated team working to improve the lives of people with complex needs. Every day brings the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference.
If you are passionate about providing high-quality care and want to build a meaningful career in social care we would love to hear from you.
Not sure if you meet every requirement Please apply anyway we value potential compassion and willingness to learn as much as experience.
St Mungos is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
How to apply
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungos careers page on our website.
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form please click on the document available tab at the top of the advert page on our website.
Closing date: 10am on 31st August2026
Interview and assessments on: 18th September 2026
Interested in becoming a locum worker
We are also looking for locum Care Assistants to join our bank of staff. If you would like to be considered as a locum please continue to apply and state this within the supporting statement section.
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
- A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ Womens Action Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
- Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
- A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
- Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff unconscious bias training for managers and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
- In recognition of the importance of transparency we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
Want to find out more Click here to visit our Equity Diversity & Inclusion page.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
- Agile working model for suitable roles.
- Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years service.
- Family friendly leave policies including - maternity adoption and parental leave. Carers leave and fertility treatment leave.
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans advances and saving options.
- Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app 24/7 GP appointments health checks and nutrition advice.
- Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
- Discount vouchers including gym retail food & drink travel electricals and more.
Want to find out more Want to find out moreClick here to visit our Work For Us page.
At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
- Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
- Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
- Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.
A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
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Junior IC
About Company
St Mungo's is a leading UK homelessness charity supporting over 3,150 people every night. Help us end homelessness and rebuild lives.
