159 care employers in South Gloucestershire could find you

Working in care in South Gloucestershire

Kingswood, Yate or Bradley Stoke: is South Gloucestershire the right patch for you?

South Gloucestershire wraps around the north and east of Bristol, which is why almost every care employer here has a Bristol postal address even though it sits outside the city. The biggest places are Kingswood, Bradley Stoke and Yate, with Filton, Patchway, Emersons Green and Thornbury close behind, and a quieter belt of villages running out towards the Severn and the Cotswold edge. It is one of the faster growing parts of the South West: the population rose by about a tenth between 2011 and 2021, and the share of people aged 75 and over went up too.

Home care is the largest part of the local market, ahead of residential and nursing homes, so many jobs here involve visiting people in their own homes across the suburbs. The A4174 ring road and the M4 and M5 make driving between areas fairly quick, while bus routes are strongest on the corridors into Bristol.

South Gloucestershire Council lets people use direct payments to employ their own personal assistant, with help from a direct payment support provider. One detail stands out for PAs: the council says personal assistants supporting South Gloucestershire residents can attend its training sessions at no cost, covering subjects such as medication, safeguarding and basic clinical skills, many of them at Kingswood Civic Centre.

For NHS roles, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust runs Southmead Hospital, on the edge of the area, and Cossham Hospital in Kingswood. SGS College offers Health and Social Care courses at its Filton Campus, a Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care for people already working in care, and an Access to Health and Social Care course for adults.

95% of the inspected care employers in South Gloucestershire are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 90% across the South West and above England as a whole (85%).