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Work for Us

Welcome to our work for us page!

At Carers & Communities, formerly Worcestershire Association of Carers, we have 25 years of experience delivering services and we believe that our success and reputation is driven by our dedicated and talented teams supporting carers and patients. We are always on the lookout for passionate individuals to join us in our mission to enable carers to make informed choices through giving expert advice, information and support and to promote recognition of carers by service providers and communities.

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Benefits include:

Occupational Pension, Employee Assistance Scheme, Wellbeing Support, Blue Light Card

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Current Job Openings can be found here:

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Carer Support Assistant

 

Responsible to: Carer Support Manager 

 

Place of work:        Worcester Office (informal hybrid working by agreement) 

 

Hours of work: Hours are worked between 9 - 5pm Monday to Friday  

 

Contract type:  Maternity cover until 30th November 2026  

 

Pay scale:  £24,500 per annum (pro rata for part time hours) 

 

Hours:  We will consider between 30 and 37 hours per week. 

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Are you looking for a new opportunity to join a well established charity? This may be the opportunity for you.  

Working as part of a professional team of Carer Advisors supporting unpaid carers to access help and information, the carer advisor will: 

 

  1. Enhance carers’ health and wellbeing by providing high quality personalised information, advice and support, targeting the outcomes most important to carers empowering them to make informed choices and build resilience

  2. Equip carers to better meet the demands of their caring role through the provision of strengths-based assessment and personalised support.  

  3. Complete person-centred assessments, and support plans for carers and ensure carers are involved in all aspects of service planning and the shaping of services that affect them. 

  4. Develop a good understanding of the Worcestershire County Council and WAC databases and how they work, to ensure that accurate carer records are maintained 

  5. Support the smooth running of the service to the highest standard.

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How to Apply:  

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Please forward your CV with a covering letter. In your letter you should provide a brief explanation of how your skills, knowledge and experience match each of the 5 areas of responsibility shown in bold on the application pack.  

 

If you do not do this your application will not be considered and you will not be invited for interview.  

 

Please send your CV and letter to:  recruitment@carersandcommunities.org.uk as soon as possible. 

Successful applicants will be invited for interview on a rolling basis, and we will close to applications as soon as we have filled our vacancy.   

JOB APPLICATION

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Treasurer​

We are currently looking for a new Trustee to join our governance team as a Treasurer.

We are looking for someone with senior financial management experience who can help guide us to maintain our financial stability and grow the organisation. If you would like a role description or would like to talk through what it’s like to be part of our Trustee team, please contact David Mann –

 

dmann@carersandcommunitiess.org.uk

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For more information on the role you can find it here - Role Description

  

Disability Confident employer

Need advice or someone to talk to about your caring role?

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Call our helpline on 0300 012 4272 or fill in the secure referral form below.

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