Current vacancies

All the current vacancies across emh (emh group, emh homes, emh care & support, Midlands Rural, emh sharpes) are listed below.

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Current vacancies

Painter

Location: East Midlands
Salary: £31,752.00 per annum ()
Closes on: 05 December 2025
Description:

Painter
Location –
Leicester/Northampton
Hours – 37 hours per week, working 8am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday and Friday 8am – 3.30pm.
Salary – £31,752.00 per annum

The Role

As Painter within our Internal Maintenance Service, you will be carrying out painting repairs and maintenance to the highest standard for our residents based across the East Midlands. Performing void maintenance in both occupied and unoccupied priorities, there is an expectation you will be multi-skilled to provide an efficient, customer focused service.

The ideal candidate

You will hold a City and Guilds Level 3 qualification, NVQ, or similar, and have broad experience of day-to-day maintenance in both occupied and unoccupied properties.

A full driving licence is essential.

About us

emh is one of the largest providers of affordable homes and support services in the East Midlands. We pride ourselves in providing high quality homes and services that contribute to sustainable communities.

Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer.

Our Values

Our Values are important to us and we’re looking for people who can help live our Values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.

Company Benefits

Our generous package includes:

  • Competitive salary
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Health cash plan – BHSF
  • 34 days annual leave (including statutory days), increasing with length of service
  • A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)

For further information about the role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

How to apply

Please apply online with an up-to-date CV, detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification.

Please note: We reserve the right to close these vacancies prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received.




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Household Assistant

Location: Springfields, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire
Salary: £12.21 per hour ()
Closes on: 10 December 2025
Description:

Household Assistant

Based: Springfield’s, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire

Hours: 20 hours (Flexibility to be worked over 7 days)

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Are you passionate about delivering excellent care? Do you want to make a difference to people’s life’s everyday? Would you thrive in an environment that supports their employees to reach their full potential? Yes, then this is the role for you!

We are seeking a Household Assistant who can provide companionship and assistance to residents whilst maintaining and maximising the person’s independence. The Household Assistants will be responsible for undertaking daily cleaning of the property’s communal areas, and support residents in their own homes.

If you feel that you would welcome a challenge, if you feel passionate about making a difference and feel that you could lead forward an innovative scheme that has the ability to change lives and achieve outstanding outcomes this is the job for you.

The newly built development of Springfield’s consists of 65 beautiful supported living apartments is situated in the heart of the National Forest. The Service provides extra care housing, alongside 24hour care and support services. The people living at the service will predominantly be adults aged over 55 years, although there will also be a small number of working aged adults with care and support needs. The scheme will be a mixed tenure of shared ownership and rented properties.

This innovative new development is designed to provide a range of services to meet the needs and aspirations of the people that live there. The scheme has staff on duty 24 hours of day who deliver packages of care to meet people assessed needs, and a management team to ensure that the scheme remains safe and compliant and works to achieve outstanding results for the people that live there.

Do you have?

  • Experience of providing a high standard of domestic support
  • An understanding of health and safety
  • Energy and Enthusiasm

About us

emh care & support provide a range of specialist housing, support, and registered care services to meet the needs of vulnerable people and the majority of our services are based in and around Derbyshire and Leicestershire. We employ over 500 people and are ambitious about growing the business across the whole of the East Midlands.

https://www.emhcareandsupport.org.uk/

Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer.

Our values are important to us and we are looking to recruit people who can help us live our values of integrity, diversity, openness, accountability, clarity and excellence.

This is fantastic opportunity for the right person to work with a team of passionate individuals in leading the development of our care and support business.

Company Benefits

Our generous package includes:

  • Pension Plan
  • 28 days holiday
  • Flexible working
  • A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation).

“We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application”

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Head of Operations - Care and Support

Location: Home-based with travel across the East Midlands and surrounding areas
Salary: £71,372 per annum ()
Closes on: 15 December 2025
Description:

Hours: Monday–Friday 35 hours per week
Full Time

Permanent

The role requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Operations – Care and Support to lead the strategic and operational delivery of regulated and non-regulated care services across our portfolio. This is a pivotal leadership role, ensuring that our services remain person-centred, fully compliant, and committed to continuous improvement.

About the role:

You will lead and champion the strategic development and delivery of outstanding, person-centred care and support services. These services must be financially sustainable, safe, and fully compliant with internal and external policies and regulation. Your leadership will ensure that all services reflect and uphold emh’s vision, mission and values promoting equity, dignity and inclusion for everyone we support and work alongside

The Head of Operations – Care and Support will oversee operational performance, risk management, and financial sustainability while working collaboratively with senior leaders to identify growth opportunities and successfully mobilise new services.

Your ability to combine strategic thinking with operational excellence will be key to driving innovation and continuous improvement across our care and support portfolio.

Our ideal Candidate:

We are seeking a leader who demonstrates a clear and comprehensive understanding of Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulatory frameworks, committed to ensuring compliance is met with transparency and ethical practice.

You will bring extensive management experience across varied care and support settings, consistently achieving good or outstanding regulatory outcomes through inclusive and person-centred leadership.

The successful candidate will have in depth knowledge of relevant policies, legislation, and regulations, ensuring consistent and values-led application across all services.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills are essential, enabling you to build trust, foster collaboration, and maintain positive relationships with internal teams, partners, and stakeholders

Our generous package includes:

  • Competitive salary
  • 34 days’ annual leave (including statutory days), increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time)
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Flexible working
  • 2 colleague benefits portals providing discounts
  • Access to our 24 hour Employee Assistance Programme
  • A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)

If you are ready to make an impact and help EMH shape the future of care and support apply today!

Closing Date for applications: 15 December 2025

Shortlisting of applications: 17th December 2025

Interviews scheduled: 12th and 15th January 2026



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