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Coronavirus Job Bank
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith coronavirus sending shockwaves through the job market, millions have lost their jobs. We’re constantly working with recruiters and our dedicated team of researchers to find you job opportunities to get you back into work.
We’ll keep this page regularly updated with new jobs as and when we find them. Check out our current listings and let us know if you find a job through this page!
Recruiting qualified social workers and students
West Midlands councils have joined forces with ADASS and WM Employers to attract both qualified social workers and students – to ensure they have a bank of emergency adult social workers and support staff at the ready.
There is a campaign to recruit fully qualified adult social care workers FYI: https://tinyurl.com/y8c2amy6 #ComeBackToCare and also students https://tinyurl.com/yas4qn9p #stepupnow
The team are also working together to launch a new campaign to recruit care workers more generally (people don’t have to have experience) to support residential care homes as there is a huge shortage.
Translation jobs
International translations and software company Jublo is recruiting translators and native speakers in Spain, Germany, Argentina, Japan and China – in order to provide temporary work for those affected by COVID-19.
The Leeds-based tech enterprise, which employs over 130 people globally, has been connecting with community groups in those areas worst-hit by regional lockdowns, in order to support people who are looking for a secure source of income during the crisis. Those joining the team are completing a translations project for a leading online retailer – therefore must be professionals or educated to degree standard, in order to uphold the quality of the work
Key worker jobs recruiting
Outcomes First Group have the following job vacancies for key workers:
Support Worker
Residential Support Worker
Team Leader
Teaching Assistant
Occupational Therapist
Online teaching jobs
Outschool is hiring thousands of teachers for online classes (i.e work from home) in the UK. On Outschool, homeschooling classes are filling up faster than they can post new ones. They are putting out a call to teachers and experts across the UK (artists, personal trainers, yoga instructors, bakers, math, science, English, Spanish, social studies teachers, etc.) who are interested in teaching online classes to children. In case you are not familiar – Outschool is an online learning platform that hosts live, online classes for kids aged 3-18.
As people are facing the reality of furloughs and lay-offs – Outschool is desperate to hire more teachers for its online classes ASAP. Instructors can earn on average £30 / hour, and some top teachers can earn as much as £8,000 per month.
Freelance jobs in London
We’ve found a load of jobs available in London ranging from photographers to personal trainers and make up artists. They’re all recruiting right now.
Home care firm urgently recruiting 2000 care workers
Caremark Limited, one of the UK’s leading home care providers, is urgently recruiting for 2,000 front line care workers. These jobs will support elderly and vulnerable clients in their homes during the Coronavirus pandemic.
EXEMPLAR HEALTH CARE CREATES 1000 NEW JOBS
To meet the growing demand for social care in the coming months, Exemplar Health Care is currently recruiting. They are looking for up to 1000 Associate Carer roles in Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West and North East and Midlands.
Created as a new role, Associate Carers will provide companionship and support for people living with complex needs in one of Exemplar Health Care’s 32 homes.
This new position is specifically tailored to those looking for extra work during this challenging time. Such as workers of the hospitality and leisure sectors, as well as those who are interested in starting a career in care.
Medical jobs in Oxford
We’ve found some great medical jobs in Oxford, recruiting now.
NHS Health Support Staff in Wales
There is a recruitment drive for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in south East Wales. They’re one of the worst affected areas of the UK for the virus.
Recruiting for 3000 Care Workers
Home Instead Senior Care are urging kind and compassionate people in the UK to join the wave of kindness sweeping the nation as they look to employ a further 3,000 caregivers.
That Works for me twitter recruitment drive
Jessica Heagren, Founder and CEO of recruitment business That Works for Me, has started an online hashtag campaign using #WeNeedPeople in order to bring together people who have lost work due to the Coronavirus with organisations whose workload has increased because of it.
Recruiting Carers, Nurses, Chefs and Cleaners
MHA is a charity for later life care, that runs over 220 facilities including care homes and retirement living complexes and currently have immediate vacancies for carers, nurses and chefs, plus roles in domestic and cleaning support and maintenance.
Industrial and Driving Key Worker Jobs
The following link shows all the roles currently recruiting for across the 11 branches of Ambitions Personnel. Their key worker roles are primarily under industrial and driving.
CRG HOMECARE AIMS TO RECRUIT MORE THAN 250 CARE WORKERS
CRG Homecare, one of the UK’s leading providers of domiciliary care, has revealed it plans to recruit more than 250 new care workers in a bid to meet the growing demand for its services, across the UK.
The company, which provides support to individuals living within the comfort and security of their own homes, has seen a marked increase in the need for its services amid the emerging COVID-19 crisis. As its service users, many of whom are elderly and classed as high-risk individuals, rely on care workers to assist them in their day-to-day lives.
Recruiting Support workers, Teaching Assistants and more
Senploy are very much recruiting during the crisis. They’re the only specialist jobs board for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Roles such as, Support workers, Care Workers, Teaching Assistants, Home Care assistant and Residential Care workers are very much in need of employees.
Social Care Provider recruiting 250 people
Salutem, a social care provider for adults and children with 120 services nationwide, is currently recruiting 250 people to a range of roles.
MORE JOBS COMING SOON.
Really useful and will try some of the advice.
Thank you
A handy resource. Good luck to anyone going to work on the front line.
Some useful pointers here.