Derby City Council is recruiting a compassionate and reliable Day Care Assistant in Derby, offering a part-time relief opportunity within a supportive local authority care environment. This role is ideal for individuals seeking flexible work while making a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable people.
As a Day Care Assistant, responsibilities include supporting individuals with daily activities, including personal care, while promoting dignity, independence, and wellbeing. You will work closely with service users in a structured care setting, ensuring their needs are met in line with professional standards and care plans.
Applicants should have experience working with vulnerable individuals and a solid understanding of person-centred care and care planning principles. Knowledge of dignity in care is essential, alongside the ability to maintain professionalism and composure in challenging situations.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, are required to effectively engage with service users, colleagues, and care teams while maintaining accurate records and delivering high-quality support.
Position: Day Care Assistant
Job Type: Zero hours a week/Casual/Relief
Salary: £13.69 an hour
Location: Derby
Overview
Bonsall View is a 7-bed unit that provides Short Break care for adults with learning disabilities, some of whom have Autism, profound and multiple disabilities or may display behaviours of concern.
You will be responsible for providing intimate personal care to customers of the home and for contributing to the provision of a comfortable yet stimulating environment. This is a demanding role which requires a high level of sensitivity to ensure our customers are supported to make choices and treated with dignity and respect.
The work will involve assisting and moving people for which you will receive training before you start work. You will also be required to attend other mandatory training courses as part of your induction programme and any future training as part of the role.
There is an expectation that on occasion you will be asked to work within other DCC homes and services.
You must have:
- Experience of working with vulnerable people and being able to undertake personal care.
- Good communication skills both oral and written.
- Knowledge of care planning and person-centred working.
- Knowledge of dignity in care.
- The ability to remain calm and professional in challenging situations.
- The ability to work early mornings / evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
- The ability to produce accurate daylily Log recordings and complete monitoring charts
A relevant NVQ/QCF qualification at level 2 or above in Health & Social Care is desirable.
Hours of work will vary but you will be expected to work early mornings, evenings, weekends and Bank holidays
Due to the nature of the post and to meet Care Quality Commission standards you will need to be at least 18 years of age.
If you would like to know more details about this post, then please contact Jane Chadwick Unit Manager on 07570321989 or Paul Halford, Assistant Manager on 07887854945 for an informal chat.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Thursday 9th April 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to jane.chadwick@derby.gov.uk. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to recruitment.team@derby.gov.uk however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality
Application Process
Application Deadline
April 9th, 2026