About Southdown
Join us to help more people across Sussex live the life they choose. We offer a diverse range of rewarding career opportunities from frontline support, care, and housing roles to specialist central services positions.
At the core of our success is the talent, dedication, and passion of our employees. In return, we aim to be the best employer we can be. Our strong values and ethics, along with our culture of flexibility, inclusion, and respect make Southdown a great place to work.
At the core of our success is the talent, dedication, and passion of our employees. In return, we aim to be the best employer we can be. Our strong values and ethics, along with our culture of flexibility, inclusion, and respect make Southdown a great place to work.
Career opportunities
We are the largest provider of housing and mental health services in East Sussex and are proud to offer a range of meaningful career opportunities. Click below to find out more about career areas:
Why Work With Us
Southdown is proud to offer a range of benefits that promote a healthy work-life balance and help with everyday expenses. Scroll below to discover how we support our dedicated employees.
Health and wellbeing
Health cost cash-back scheme
Access to our health insurance scheme which covers dental, optical, physical therapies and other medical treatments with the option to add greater levels of cover.
Free counselling service
Confidential emotional support and practical guidance from our independent telephone service.
Compassionate environments
Southdown is committed to maintaining an understanding workplace which promotes kindness and respect. That's why we're accredited by Investors in People as a ‘Gold Standard’ employer.
Financial benefits
Interest-free loans
Assistance with larger costs that arise such as tenancy deposits, season travel tickets or buying a car.
Easit Network access
Discounts and incentives on train, bus and car journeys such as 15% off selected season rail tickets.
Blue Light card
Access to discount services for the social care sector with savings across thousands of online shops, restaurants, and high-street vendors.
Pension scheme
Competitive pension contributions (5% from the employer / 5% employee) through salary exchange to help support the best possible retirement.
Work/Life balance:
Flexible working
Healthy working arrangements to fit your needs such as hybrid working patterns, part-time agreements, compressed hours, and job share where possible.
Annual leave entitlements
In addition to public holidays, employees have an annual entitlement of 22-25 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees) depending on the role.
Special leave for emergencies and moving house
Compassion and financial stability during moves and emergencies.
Career breaks
Extended leave after 3 years’ service of up to 13 weeks.
Training and career development
In-house professional training
Courses delivered by our award-winning training team covering a wide range of specialist subjects.
Best practice development
Specialists working with teams to support development and delivery of best practice. Opportunities to join specialist working groups.
Professional qualifications
Support to gain relevant industry professional qualifications where required.
“We work with a lot of different ages, ethnicities, nationalities and sexualities. I think that Southdown makes a conscious effort to make teams as diverse as possible and I think it’s very important to have different opinions and perspectives. I’ve had amazing experiences at the Southdown services I’ve worked in throughout the years, they are full of interesting people. These experiences made me realise why our work is important and how my colleagues’ commitment to clients positively impacts them and the wider community.”Service Manager, Wellbeing Services
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Check out our frequently asked questions for information on how to apply and other recruitment-related queries.
Current Opportunities
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