The Chaseley Trust provides expert health and social care for people with a range of disabilities in a safe, friendly and accessible environment.  Our multi-disciplinary team approach provides services that respect the choices, individuality and privacy of our residents and day service users.

We are governed by the simple principle that the people who use our service are at the heart of everything we do.    It’s important our staff share our values and that’s why we recruit people who will go the extra mile for the people we support. If you think you have the qualities and dedication to be a valuable member of the Chaseley team, then don’t hesitate to get in touch.

We offer competitive rates of pay and benefits and recognise NVQ qualifications.   We offer a generous contributory pension scheme, free health care, free uniform, an employee assistance programme with monthly Staff Rewards and a long service award scheme.  Hot meals are available at a subsidised low cost during day shifts.

All staff go through a comprehensive training and Induction that covers the Care Certificate standards for people working in adult social care and our specific environment at Chaseley.  We value our staff and encourage them to develop their skills through NVQ’s and formal training courses to progress their career with us.  Our staff members participate in regular team and supervision meetings which enable communication, transfer of good practice, continual professional development and service enhancement.

All posts are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks and all Staff are required to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK.

We welcome volunteers who can offer their time to help us in all sorts of ways. Our Volunteers help us run Fundraising events, help to escort some Residents on outings or accompany to events or share their skills and time talking and supporting our Residents.

Do you have skills you can share, or time to offer? We are especially keen to recruit Volunteers who can help us with fun activities such as gardening, craft decorating, interior design and arts and crafts.  We have a fabulous Art Room and Pottery kiln on site.   However if you have any other skills or talents you would like to share, please let us know and we can talk about how you can Volunteer with The Chaseley Trust.

Volunteering can be very rewarding, and a great way to meet new people and improve your social life.  All our volunteers are fully trained, and the experience gained may lead to new opportunities and even help to develop your career.

Currently we have Volunteers who have been coming here for a long time and ones who have recently started.   Their age ranges are very varied and we try to match your personality and skills to Resident needs to bring joy to many Residents.   All have improved Activities and events run at the home for the benefit of the Residents.

The Chaseley Trust is a very large beautiful care home that has room for you all.

There are many areas you could help depending on your interests.

Volunteer Role Title: Activities assistant

We are looking for someone to help with the resident activities or to bring in a knowledge of something new that could benefit or interest to our residents. Chaseley have a small activities team that work around the home and with residents to help relieve day to day boredom and to keep minds active.

Volunteer Role Title: CasBar host

We are looking for an outgoing person who would like to develop their skills in learning how to run a small bar and café on site for Residents and their families. They must be over the age of 18 as the bar serves alcohol. You will take part in reading the newspaper and helping the residents to complete a crossword whilst serving hot and cold drinks and snacks and taking payments. You will need to keep the bar area clean and tidy and make sure the CasBar area is always looking presentable for visitors.

Volunteer Role Title: Gardener

We have a small attractive gardening plot that have recently been cleared and weeded and is similar to an old -fashioned kitchen garden. You might like to come and assist our residents or share the area as an allotment. We are ready to have someone’s green fingers to help us to grow fruit, vegetables, herbs or even some beautiful plants we could use as a flower arranging activity for Residents.  It would be helpful if you have knowledge of plants and vegetables to assist the activities staff and Residents when and where best time to plant and be able to assist in maintaining and the upkeep of the garden.

Volunteer Role Title: Kitchen Assistant and front of house assistant

The Kitchen Assistant is part of the Catering Team and helps to ensure the needs of residents are met as part of the daily eating and dining experience for Residents. The front of house role involves setting up the dining room and making sure it is clean and attractive, assisting residents who are sitting in the dining room, asking them what they would like to eat. The kitchen assistant will help the chef with preparation of meals and working to help pot wash.

Volunteer Role Title: Therapy Assistant

Are you interested in occupational therapies? We have our own Therapy department that you could volunteer in. You would assist our physiotherapists to help implement individual Therapy programmes for people who attend our service. This could be Residents, Day care users, Activate Gym clients and NHS trust outpatients.  You will learn how to assist with the equipment and be there to get anything needed. This would be a great opportunity for you to learn about the body and how certain illnesses can affect people.

Volunteer Role Title: Maintenance

We are always looking for helpful handy people to assist our maintenance team with keeping the home looking smart and attractive and in good general repair order. This could range from helping residents to put items up in their rooms, such as shelves and pictures, all the way to re-painting various parts of the Chaseley building.

Volunteer Role Title: General Admin

There is always a lot of paper work involved with a big Nursing Home like Chaseley and there will always be help needed to collate information and file it away. You would be trained in external post franking machine to make payments for postage leaving Chaseley. Sorting and assisting the distribution of Staff and Resident post. Updating Resident records of attendance going in and out of the Home. Updating Staff Training Records and chasing for Training completion via emails to Staff. Any other general administrative duties as directed as part of helping the HR or Finance Teams.

Volunteer Role Title: Receptionist

The Chaseley Trust has a busy Reception area with lots of footfall.  We have many visitors to Chaseley including Residents, their friends and family and external professionals coming to visit the Home.  You would help with making sure people are signing in and out correctly to record they are in the building and answering the phones, forwarding messages as appropriate and transferring the calls. Working closely with the main Chaseley Receptionist. You would also be Word processing, creating documents and updating electronic and paper systems/ processes, as directed by the Receptionist.

Selection of Volunteers helping in the Home