Community and Domiciliary Care Lecturer (Variable Hours)

Community and Domiciliary Care Lecturer (Variable Hours)

Location: Cross College/Salisbury

Salary: £21.13- £25.34 per hour, plus holiday pay

Are you passionate about health and social care and keen to share your knowledge with adult learners? Whether you're an experienced lecturer, care professional, community support worker, or domiciliary care practitioner looking to move into teaching, we'd love to hear from you!

Join our team and help adult learners develop essential care skills, understand person-centred support, and build the confidence to provide safe, compassionate, and effective care within people's homes and communities.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience in domiciliary care, community support, health and social care, elderly care, disability support, or related care settings who can inspire learners in a supportive and practical learning environment.

📌 Please note: This is a Variable Hours position, with work offered as required, subject to adult learning course provision, curriculum delivery, learner demand, and the needs of individual college sites.

🗓️ Course Structure: Courses typically run for approximately 3 hours per week over 10 weeks, combining practical demonstrations, group discussions, scenario-based activities, and guided learning.

💷 What We Offer

💰 Salary:

• Unqualified Lecturer: £21.13 per hour plus holiday pay

• Qualified Lecturer: £25.34 per hour plus holiday pay

🕰️ Contract Type: Variable Hours

📍 Location: Salisbury Campus, with opportunities to teach at other college sites as required.

📚 Working Pattern: Approximately 3 hours per week over 10 weeks, depending on course provision and learner demand.

✔️ Benefits

• Teachers' Pension Scheme

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Free on-site gyms

• Lifestyle discounts

• Cycle-to-Work Scheme

• Professional development and CPD opportunities

A flexible and rewarding opportunity to share your care expertise, develop learners' practical skills, and contribute to high-quality care and support within local communities.

💚 What You'll Do

• Plan and deliver engaging community and domiciliary care sessions.

• Prepare lesson plans, practical activities, and learning resources.

• Introduce learners to person-centred care, dignity, respect, and individual choice.

• Teach effective communication, active listening, and professional relationships with service users and families.

• Develop learners' understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, equality, diversity, and inclusion.

• Cover essential health and safety, infection prevention and control, and risk awareness in home-based care.

• Introduce safe moving and handling principles and the importance of following individual care plans and workplace procedures.

• Explore supporting older adults and people with disabilities, long-term conditions, or additional support needs.

• Promote independence, wellbeing, privacy, and choice when delivering care and support.

• Develop learners' understanding of professional boundaries, record keeping, reporting concerns, and working with other care professionals.

• Use practical demonstrations, case studies, and scenarios to develop learners' confidence and decision-making skills.

• Monitor learner progress and provide constructive feedback to support development.

• Maintain high standards of safeguarding, health and safety, and professional practice.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support high-quality adult learning across college sites.

🎓 What You'll Bring

A relevant Level 3 qualification or higher in health and social care, adult care, community care, or a related subject, and/or significant relevant industry experience.

Practical experience in domiciliary care, community support, residential care, or another relevant health and social care setting.

A strong understanding of person-centred care, safeguarding, dignity, confidentiality, and duty of care.

Knowledge of health and safety, infection prevention, risk assessment, and safe care practices.

The ability to explain care procedures clearly and support learners through practical and scenario-based activities.

A passion for care, supporting others, and sharing professional knowledge.

Good communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.

Flexibility to teach at Salisbury Campus and other college sites as required.

A commitment to inclusive learning, learner development, and positive outcomes for individuals receiving care.

Teaching or adult education qualifications are desirable but not essential. Experienced care workers, senior carers, domiciliary care coordinators, community support workers, and health and social care professionals looking to develop their teaching experience are encouraged to apply.

✨ Why Join Us?

🕰️ Flexible working opportunities: Variable hours that reflect course provision and learner demand.

💚 Share your expertise: Bring your practical care experience into adult education.

🤝 Promote person-centred care: Help learners understand the importance of dignity, respect, and individual choice.

🌟 Build confidence: Develop learners' skills to support people safely and compassionately.

🏡 Support independent living: Help learners understand how quality care enables people to remain independent in their own homes.

🌍 Make a meaningful difference: Contribute to stronger communities and improved care experiences.

📅 Short-course delivery: Typically around 3 hours per week over 10 weeks.

📚 Professional development: Access opportunities for continuing professional development and CPD.

Turn your passion for care into an opportunity to inspire future care professionals and support high-quality community and domiciliary care across Wiltshire College & University Centre.

🌱 Inspire Compassion Through Community and Domiciliary Care

If you're ready to share your care knowledge, inspire adult learners, and help people develop the skills and confidence to provide safe, respectful, person-centred support, we'd love to hear from you!

Please note:

Your Application Form will be shortlisted against how your skills, qualifications and experience match the Essential and Desirable points on the Person Specification for this role, located at the top of this page as a downloadable document.

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received; therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Safer Recruitment

Wiltshire College & University Centre follows Safer Recruitment Guidance outlined by the Department for Education in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. This involves conducting enhanced DBS checks, including checks against the children’s barred list, and other employment verifications, including an online presence review for shortlisted candidates.

We embrace diversity, recognising the valuable perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and cultures individuals from different backgrounds bring. Committed to safeguarding, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we pledge to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and assess them based on their abilities.

Closing date: 10th November 2026

Shortlist date: 11th November 2026

Interview date: TBC