Job Opportunities
Would you like to work for an organisation that makes a difference within your local community, an organisation that supports unpaid carers and impacts positively on their lives?
We provide support directly to unpaid carers of all ages, as well as raising the profile of carers and their needs with health and social care professionals, employers, and the public.
Current Vacancies in Dorset
To apply for any of these roles please complete our application form in Microsoft Office Word format and return it to our office manager by the stated closing date for each role.
Young Carer Coordinator
Vacancy: Young Carer Coordinator
Location: Dorset
Salary: £24,982 – £25,991
Hours: 37 hours a week including occasional weekend/evening
Benefits: 28 days’ holiday in addition to bank holidays, 5% employer contribution to pension, free annual eye tests.
About this role: You will work with colleagues and volunteers to promote awareness of young carers. In addition to this, you will work in partnership with the Dorset Council Young Carers Team, Family Partnership Zones and other services to increase the offer to young carers across Dorset.
Your role will include developing links within the community. There will be opportunities to develop other areas of work, such as facilitating group support sessions (both face to face and virtual) and working with young carers by developing a Young Carers Forum.
This post will be based in our office in Ferndown for at least part of the week.
For more information and to apply, please download a full job spec and application form below. CVs will not be accepted. Please send your completed application form to kerryw@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk.
Young Carer Coordinator Job Spec
Carer Support Dorset application form
Current Vacancies across Dorset and Wiltshire
Fundraising and Events Intern (Paid)
Role: Fundraising and Events Intern
Responsible to: Head of Fundraising and Partnerships
Based at: Hybrid – Preferably a minimum of 1 day per week in the office based in Semington near Trowbridge
Working hours: 21 hours a week for 20 weeks (days negotiable)
Start date: As soon as possible after interviews
Remuneration: £11.00 per hour
Deadline for applications: 31 May 2022
Please note – we will call successful candidates by Thursday 28th April 2022 to invite them to interview.
Start date: Immediate start
Please email a CV and cover letter to: Leanne Hubbard Head of Fundraising and Partnerships, leanneh@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk. For more information download Fundraising Intern job description.
Digital Engagement Officer
Geographical area: Wiltshire & Dorset, flexibly based
Hours of work: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday; some evening and weekend work
Pay scale: £23,953 – £26,446
Contract: Permanent
Download the Digital engagement officer role description
Current Vacancies in Wiltshire:
Hospital team manager
In this role you would be responsible for setting up and managing our new hospital liaison service across Wiltshire. You would ensure the service is fully co-ordinating with relevant hospital services, including the Flowhub, with Adult Social Care teams, and with in-house and other external carers services and partners. You would be responsible for managing our three hospital support workers and three hospital liaison workers.
- 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
- £28,672 – £ 31,659 depending upon experience
- 12 months with possible extension
- Closing date 31 May 2022
The job description for the Hospital Team Manager is available in PDF format.
Hospital support workers x 3
In this role you would be registering, assessing, providing information, triaging and allocating / prioritising further casework (if required) for carers and cared for in, or recently discharged from hospital, as well as carers and cared for at risk of going into hospital. The three roles will be based in South, West and North East of the county. All three roles are full-time.
- 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
- £23,776
- 12 months with possible extension
- Closing date 31 May 2022
The job description for the Hospital Support Worker – South Wiltshire is available in PDF format.
The job description for the Hospital Support Worker – West Wiltshire is available in PDF format.
The job description for the Hospital Support Worker – North East Wiltshire is available in PDF format.
Hospital Liaison Workers x3
In this role you’d be liaising with health and social care professionals to identify and support carers who are, or who’s cared for are in hospitals across Wiltshire. The three roles will be based in South, West and North East of the county. The position in the South is a full-time role; the other two are part-time.
- Full time – 37 hours per week Monday to Friday; Part-time 18.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
- £23,776 (pro-rata where part-time)
- 12 months with possible extension
- Closing date 31 May 2022
The job description for the Hospital Liaison Worker – South Wiltshire (FT) is available in PDF format.
The job description for the Hospital Liaison Worker – West Wiltshire (PT) is available in PDF format.
The job description for the Hospital Liaison Worker – North East Wiltshire (PT) is available in PDF format.
Community Engagement Worker
This role will be to ensure unpaid carers of all ages within the community are provided with the right information, advice and support at the right time. Work in designated local area using an asset-based model, to deliver service in partnership with statutory, voluntary, and community-based organisations and volunteers, including the public.
Wiltshire, Home based – Trowbridge and Westbury Community Areas
- Working hours 18. 5 hours per week Wednesday to Friday plus occasional weekend/evening
- Salary: £23,953 (pro rata)
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: 13 June 2022
Trustee vacancies
We are currently recruiting for three new trustee roles, including a Treasurer. We are looking for people with commercial and financial experience. You can read more about the skills we are looking for in our role profiles below.
To apply for any of our trustee roles, please email our Chief Executive Judy Walker at judyw@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk with your current CV, setting out relevant experience (addressing the expertise area where relevant), and a covering letter that answers the following questions:
- What motivated you to apply to become a trustee?
- What other experience or skills do you feel you could offer?
- Are there any areas of the organisation’s work you have a particular interest in and/or would like to become more involved in?
Please note these roles are volunteer roles.
Find out more about Carer Support Wiltshire and the role of our trustees.
