Jobs
Find your perfect role
Whatever skills you have, there's a career in care perfect for you.
A wide range of roles are available, all offering the chance to learn, develop and grow. Whether you're supporting someone in their own home, helping people out in the community or working in one of our care homes, you'll be helping to care for our borough.
Some roles involve offering physical and emotional support. These include personal care as well as helping people to get around in their community or stay active. Others will see you helping make sure our services and care homes run smoothly.
You can look at some of the roles available in care below.
Greenworks' story
Greenworks are one of our supported employment partners. Watch our video to find out how they help adults with learning disabilities get into work.
Types of role
Care assistant
Care assistants can either work in care homes or help support people in their own home. Duties include:
- helping people get up or go to bed
- serving meals
- helping people to take part in activities and hobbies
- providing personal care and boosting emotional wellbeing
Support workers
Support workers provide similar support to care assistants, with a focus on independent living. They can either work in care homes or help support people in their own home. In addition to the role of the care assistant, their duties may include:
- helping organise and attending medical appointments
- sorting out bills or helping with housing
- helping people to go shopping and get out to do things they enjoy
Team leader or senior carer
The role of a team leader or senior carer includes the duties of a care assistant but with some further duties. These may include:
- supporting and encouraging a team of care assistants
- completing reviews of staff and making sure they deliver quality care
- regularly assessing service users and looking for changes in their care needs
Deputy or assistant manager
The role of a deputy or assistant care manager can be based in a care home. They may also be the manager of a team of domiciliary carers. Duties include:
- managing and arranging the day to day running of the service
- making sure high levels of care and service are being offered by staff
- working with other care or health professionals
- monitoring and upholding quality standards of the service
- supporting the registered manager
Rota coordinators
This role is responsible for making sure a service is fully staffed at all times. This involves putting together shift patterns for each member of staff and finding out any issues. Duties include:
- raising any staffing issues and absences
- arranging cover for shifts needed
- working with local agencies to find staff if cover is not available
Reablement
Our reablement team play an important role in helping people to start doing the things they love again. This allows people to continue to live independently in their own homes.
The support they offer builds on the people's strengths, helping to set goals based on where they want to be and making sure they have the care they need to get there.
Our team is made up of:
- therapists
- practitioners
- support workers
Together, the team provide support and monitor people’s progress.
Find out more about what our reablement team do on our reablement webpage.
Shared Lives carer
There are also jobs in Barnsley to be a Shared Lives carer. This is where a carer opens up their home and family lives to help someone who needs a little extra support to live well.
Being a Shared Lives carer can be incredible rewarding. Find out more about how to become a Shared Lives carer.
Other roles
Other roles in the care sector could include those in:
- administration
- finance
- HR
- marketing