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Domestic Care Assistant

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Job summary

Package Description: Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Fulford care home? 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 Housekeeper! Where you'll be working. Click here to view the care home Fulford Nursing Home - Care Home in Littlehampton | Agincare. Care Quality Commission Rating - Good. As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy. £12.72 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. 30 hours per week. Shift pattern 12:00 - 18:00. Alternate weekends. A day in the life of a Housekeeper. Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees. Domestic tasks - dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required.

Main duties of the job

The Domestic Care Assistant position at Agincare Homes Holdings in Littlehampton offers a permanent role with a salary of £12.72 per hour. This job involves working as a housekeeper at Fulford care home, where employees engage in communal cleaning and domestic tasks such as dusting, polishing, and vacuuming residents bedrooms. Employees also collaborate with home management to maintain hygiene and cleanliness standards, while providing companionship and support to residents. Applicants should have a minimum of 12 months on their right to work and be ready to work 30 hours per week, following a 12:00 - 18:00 shift pattern, with alternate weekends. Benefits include a refer-a-friend scheme, career development opportunities, fully funded training, and a Blue Light Care discount package.

About us

Agincare, a family-owned care provider, is celebrating 40 years of operations with over 5,500 team members. They offer a broad spectrum of services, including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community, guaranteeing interviews or informal career conversations to relevant applicants. As a nationally recognized equal opportunities employer that encourages a wide range of applications, the organization continues expanding through recent care home developments and its new not-for-profit Childrens Services.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Fulford care home?

You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail

Come and join the Agincare family as aHousekeeper!

Where you'll be working

  • Click here to view the care home Fulford Nursing Home - Care Home in Littlehampton | Agincare
  • Care Quality Commission Rating - Good

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

  • £12.72 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
  • 30 hours per week
  • Shift pattern 12:00 - 18:00
  • Alternate weekends

A day in the life of a Housekeeper

  • Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees
  • Domestic tasks -dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required
  • Collaboration - work closely with the home management team to ensure the home meets the standards of hygiene and cleanliness
  • Companionship- Provide support, communication and engagement to residents.

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

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

Littlehampton

BN17 6AJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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