About this role
Job summary This is an exciting opportunity to join Agincare as a Senior Care Assistant at their Sedgemoor care home in Weston-Super-Mare. Agincare is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with over 40 years of experience in delivering high-quality care services across the UK. As a Senior Care Assistant, you will be responsible for providing person-centred care to residents, ensuring their needs are met, and actively promoting their independence and choice.
Main duties of the job As a Senior Care Assistant at Agincare, you will be responsible for providing personal care to residents, including bathing, dressing, and oral care, within their preferences. You will contribute to and carry out care reviews to ensure residents' plans reflect their needs, and you will administer residents' medication in a safe and supportive manner. Additionally, you will lead and participate in social activities and trips out within the home, and you may be called upon to support new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, or to lead the home when more senior managers are not available.
About us Agincare is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with over 40 years of experience in delivering high-quality care services across the UK. With more than 5,500 team members, Agincare is one of the UK's largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant and is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new challenge?Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Sedgemoor care home?
Come and join the Agincare family as aSenior Care Assistant
Where you'll be working
Click here to view the care home: Agincare saves Weston-super-Mare care homeAs an Agincare employee you'll enjoy
£12.75 per hour Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000 Outstanding career development Fully funded training up to QCF level 5 Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme On demand payWhat is required from you?
A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social Care qualification or be working towards Must be flexible to work 48 hours per week, including alternate weekendsA day in the life of a Senior Care Assistant
Person-centred care - You will ensure that residents receive personal care from you and your team including bathing, dressing and oral care within their preferences, and actively promote right to choice and independence Review -You will contribute to and carry out care reviews with your residents to ensure their plans reflect their needs. Medication - You will administer residents' medication in a safe and supportive and compliant way Social Activity - You will lead in and participate in trips out, social engagements and activities within the home. Leadership - you may support new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, and may be called up on to lead the home where more senior managers are not available.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
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
You will need a minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK and an NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social Care qualification or be working towards it. You must also be flexible to work 48 hours per week, including alternate weekends.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Agincare
Address Agincare Homes Holdings
Weston-Super-Mare
BS23 4BE
Employer's website https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)