Care Worker Recruitment
Thinking about a career in care?
Being a carer is a challenging, but also highly rewarding role. Are you considering a career in care?We want to ensure that the workforce delivering the support that vulnerable people need to live well at home are valued, well trained and have real opportunities to progress in a career in care.
Working in Care
Thinking about working in care and want to know more about what it’s like to be a carer? Hear ten carers from Tameside share their experiences of the challenges and rewards that the role has to offer.There are a range of different care roles available.
Home Care
Tameside Council is partnered with six contracted Living Well at Home providers and are committed to changing the way people are supported to live at home.Home care workers support people to live as independently as possible in their own homes.
Home Care providers locally include:
| Careline | 0161 308 3456 |
| Comfort Call | 020 7186 0518 |
| Creative Support | 0161 236 0829 |
| Direct Care | 0161 338 3666 |
| Medacs | 0161 304 8564 |
Please contact care providers directly to enquire about vacancies.
Care Home
As a care home worker, you provide care and support to people living in a residential or nursing home.Care Home providers include:
| Auden House | Audenshaw | 0161 301 2424 |
| Clarkson House | Ashton-under-Lyne | 0161 308 4618 |
| Daisy Nook House | Ashton-under-Lyne | 0161 343 1033 |
| Downshaw Lodge NH | Ashton-under-Lyne | 0161 330 7059 |
| Eden House | Droylsden (LD) | 07488 374616 |
| Fairfield View Care Home | Audenshaw | 0161 370 6719 |
| Fir Trees Centre | HC-1 Dukinfield | 0161 338 2977 |
| Firbank House | Ashton-under-Lyne | 0161 343 1251 |
| Greatwood House | HC-1 Denton | 0161 336 5324 |
| Guide Lane NH | HC-1 Audenshaw | 0161 335 9989 |
| Hatton Grange | Hyde | 0161 368 4484 |
| Holme Lea | HC-1 Stalybridge | 0161 338 5187 |
| Hurst Hall | HC-1 AUL | 0161 330 4772 |
| Hyde Nursing Home | HC-1 Hyde | 0161 367 9467 |
| Kings Park NH | HC-1 AUL | 0161 343 4733 |
| Laurel Bank | Hyde | 0161 368 4719 |
| Millbrook | HC-1 Stalybridge | 0161 304 2600 |
| Moss Cottage NH | Ashton-under-Lyne | 0161 343 2557 |
| Oakwood Care Centre | Stalybridge | 0161 303 2540 |
| Parkhill NH | Stalybridge | 0161 303 8643 |
| Polebank Hall | Hyde | 0161 368 2171 |
| Riverside Care Centre | Hyde / Care UK | 0161 366 0600 |
| Sandon House | HC-1 Mossley | 01457 834 747 |
| St Lawrence Lodge | Denton | 0161 336 2783 |
| Staley House | Stalybridge | 0161 304 8939 |
| Stamford Court | HC-1 Stalybridge | 0161 303 9955 |
| Sunnyside | HC-1 Droylsden | 0161 370 1793 |
| The Beeches | HC-1 Dukinfield | 0161 338 4922 |
| The Lakes | Dukinfield | 0161 330 2444 |
| The Sycamores Care Centre | HC-1 Hyde | 0161 368 4297 |
| The Vicarage | Audenshaw | 07887 874109 |
| Thorncliffe Grange | Denton | 0161 320 0740 |
| Yew Trees | HC-1 Dukinfield | 0161 338 3053 |
Please contact care providers directly to enquire about vacancies.
What to expect from a career in care
Increasingly, in both Care Home and Home Care roles you have the opportunity to gain qualifications including via an apprenticeship route, to undertake specialist training and deliver low-level health care tasks like pressure area care and insulin administration. Both roles can be a useful ‘stepping stone’ towards a nursing or social worker qualification.If you are interested in becoming a carer you can expect:
- To be paid a fair and attractive wage; our intention is to peg the hourly rate against the Foundation Living Wage https://www.livingwage.org.uk/
- To be offered a contract with a commitment to the weekly hours that suit you
- Paid sick leave and holiday leave
- Innovative training and development including undertaking the Care Certificate https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Learning-development/inducting-staff/care-certificate/Care-Certificate.aspx
- To become a named team member for some of the people you support
- To learn and use a range of low level health tasks that allow you to work closely with District Nurses
- Opportunities to progress to more senior roles within the Living Well at Home service
- Use your experience and expertise as a stepping-stone on to a qualification in nursing, social work or allied health care roles if that’s something you’re interested in
- To work closely with a range of professions in the local neighbourhood team to deliver good quality, person centred support to older people and to younger adults
- To, wherever possible, work in a small local patch where you will have the opportunity to get to know the people you support well
Great reasons to work in Tameside
Tameside is a forward-looking borough to the east of Greater Manchester, an area leading the way in regional devolution. Tameside Council – LGC Council of Year 2016 – is at the forefront of redefining public services.
The borough is vibrant and well connected with plenty to offer its residents, including:
- Great schools and colleges.
- Excellent public transport connections across the region.
- Affordable housing in a range of urban and rural locations.
- Stunning countryside all within a short train journey from Manchester city centre.
- The peak district is only a short drive away too!