Care Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you an experienced care professional looking for a change? You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail. Come and join the Agincare family as a Care Assistant Where you'll be working Click here to view the care home: Care Home in Gloucestershire | Care Home Gloucestershire Henlow Court | Agincare As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy: £12.91 per hour Refer a friend scheme up to £1000* Outstanding career development Fully funded training up to QCF level 5 Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme On demand pay What is required from you? A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK 1 x full time position at 36 hours per week Must be flexible to work alternate weekends Must be available to work the following shift patterns: 8am to 2pm, 2pm to 8pm or 8am to 8pm A day in the life of a Care Assistant Companionship - Providing support, companio...
Main duties of the job
As a Care Assistant at Agincare, youll enjoy competitive pay of £12.91 per hour and opportunities for career development, with fully funded training up to QCF level 5. Youll have the chance to make a real difference in peoples lives by offering companionship, personal care, assistance with medication, and healthy meals, as well as supporting clients mobility and organizing social activities. We require a minimum of 12 months of the right to work in the UK and expect candidates to be flexible to work alternate weekends. The role involves 36 hours a week with different shift patterns: 8am to 2pm, 2pm to 8pm, or 8am to 8pm. Agincare offers benefits like a refer-a-friend scheme, a pension plan, and a Blue Light care discount package. Though prior care experience is welcome, individuals new to care but eager to make a transition from fields like retail or hospitality are encouraged to apply.
About us
Agincare is a long-standing and rapidly growing family-owned care provider in the UK, celebrating 40 years of service. With over 5,500 team members, Agincare is among the UKs largest care providers, expanding through various care home developments and launching new not-for-profit Childrens Services. Operating over 170 locations nationwide, they offer diverse services including care and nursing homes, home care, and supported living. As an equal opportunities employer, Agincare accepts applications from all backgrounds and experiences and actively supports care leavers and the Armed Forces community by providing guaranteed interviews. All services provided by Agincare are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), ensuring a high standard of quality in their services across the various regions they cover.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you an experienced care professional looking for a change?
You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail.
Come and join the Agincare family as a Care Assistant
Where you'll be working
Click here to view the care home: Care Home in Gloucestershire | Care Home Gloucestershire Henlow Court | Agincare
As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:
- £12.91 per hour
- Refer a friend scheme up to£1000*
- Outstanding career development
- Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
- Blue Light care discount package
- Company pension scheme
- On demand pay
What is required from you?
- A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
- 1 x full time position at 36 hours per week
- Must be flexible to work alternate weekends
- Must be available to work the following shift patterns: 8am to 2pm, 2pm to 8pm or 8am to 8pm
A day in the life of a Care Assistant
- Companionship - Providing support, companionship, communication and engagement
- Personal care-supporting with a wash bath or shower and supporting the client with dressing and oral care.
- Medication-Prompting, assisting or administering medications and creams.
- Meals Supporting the client with healthy meals, snacks and beverages.
- Domestic tasks- light cleaning tasks.
- Mobility - Supporting the client to live as independently as possible with their mobility.
- Social activities- Trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.
About Agincare
Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.
As a signatory of theCare Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.
All of our services areregulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers
*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK. Flexibility to work alternate weekends and different shift patterns.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Agincare
Address
Agincare Homes Holdings
Dursley
GL11 4BE
United Kingdom
