About this role
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: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/dorset/gainsborough-care-home-swanage/Care Quality Commission Rating: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-505316381 As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy: £12.76 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 36 hours per week to include alternating weekends Days and nights currently available 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 t
Main duties of the job 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 enjoy benefits like £12.76 per hour, a refer a friend scheme, outstanding career development, fully funded training up to QCF level 5, a Blue Light care discount package, a company pension scheme, and on-demand pay. The role requires a minimum of 12 months right to work in the UK and 36 hours per week, including alternating weekends. As a Care Assistant, your tasks will include providing companionship, personal care, medication assistance, supporting meals, domestic tasks, mobility support, and social activities. Agincare is celebrating 40 years of service, committed to equal opportunities, and offering a wide range of opportunities for career growth.
About us Agincare is a family-owned care provider proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As one of the UK's largest care providers, Agincare employs over 5,500 team members and is expanding every day. The organisation delivers 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, which shows its commitment to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. Additionally, Agincare supports the Armed Forces community through its alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community. All services provided by Agincare are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). They are an equal opportunities employer, encouraging applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
Job description 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: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/dorset/gainsborough-care-home-swanage/Care Quality Commission Rating:https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-505316381
As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:
£12.76 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 payWhat is required from you?
A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK 36 hours per week to include alternating weekends Days and nights currently availableA 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.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
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
Swanage
BH19 1LQ
Employer's website https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)