Working for Essex Cares

Essex Cares has a great legacy from Essex County Council in delivering excellent quality services that are established and valued by the Essex community

This success has been down to the highly qualified and caring people employed in the service. To maintain and build on this success story, Essex Cares continues to recruit people who share the service-user-centred, committed and caring culture of Essex Cares.

Thorough training provided

All employees undertake full and thorough training and are subject to criminal records bureau checks ensuring that all service users are in the safest possible hands. Accredited by City and Guilds, the Essex Cares Accredited Training Centre provides staff with mandatory, developmental and specialist training and inductions including NVQs.

All elements of our service delivery are underpinned by the workforce implementing the principles of dignity, choice, respect and empowerment for service users.

In 2011 Essex Cares will be an accredited Investors in People organisaion.

Pension rights

Working for Essex Cares means that you will be able to enjoy the benefits associated with a local authority employer. One of these is access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

The Local Government Pension Scheme is a statutory funded pension scheme and as such is very secure because its benefits are defined and set out in law. Retirement benefits are based on membership and normally on the final salary.

Equal opportunities

Essex Cares Ltd endorses the principle of equal educational and employment opportunities for all people. Furthermore Essex Cares does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or based on an individual's actual or perceived disability.

As users of the disability symbol, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.