Care Assistant @ Agincare

Job summary

Package Description: A career where your kindness could brighten someone's day. Join our care home team as a Care Assistant and make a real difference in residents lives while building a rewarding career in care, no experience necessary. All you need is compassion and the right to work in the UK. Well provide fully funded training and excellent career development to help you grow. And the best part? Youll get just as much back, the gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you, plus: Youll receive: Outstanding career development with fully funded training and qualifications (up to QCF Level 5), 18 hours per week to include alternating weekends, Refer-a-Friend scheme earn up to £1,000*, Up to £12.91 per hour, Blue Light Card discounts, Company pension scheme, On-demand pay.

The role of a Care Assistant: Provide high-quality personal care and support to residents. Assist with medication administration and recording. Support residents with daily living activities and routines. Build meaningful relationships and provide companionship. Help enrich residents' lives through activities, hobbies, and social engagement. Promote residents' dignity, independence, and well-being.

Main duties of the job

A full-time Care Assistant role at Agincare Homes Holdings in Amersham, offering a rewarding opportunity to brighten residents' days by providing personal care, support with daily activities, companionship, and promoting dignity and independence. Applicants do not need prior care experience as full training is provided. Key benefits include outstanding career development, fully funded qualifications up to QCF Level 5, a Refer-a-Friend scheme with the potential to earn up to £1,000, Blue Light Card discounts, and a company pension scheme. The role involves working 18 hours per week with alternating weekends and requires a minimum of 12 months right to work in the UK.

About us

Agincare Homes Holdings is a family-owned care provider with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality care across its numerous locations throughout England. Celebrating 40 years of service, Agincare is one of the largest care providers in the UK, offering a wide range of services including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations. Agincare is a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and supports care leavers by offering guaranteed interviews or informal career conversations. They also offer guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description

A career where your kindness could brighten someone's day

All you need is compassion and the right to work in the UK. Well provide fully funded training and excellent career development to help you grow.

And the best part? Youll get just as much back, the gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you, plus:

Youll receive

• Outstanding career development with fully funded training and qualifications (up to QCF Level 5)
• 18 hours per week to include alternating weekends
• Refer-a-Friend scheme earn up to £1,000*
• Up to £12.91 per hour
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Company pension scheme
• On-demand pay

The role of a Care Assistant

• Provide high-quality personal care and support to residents.
• Assist with medication administration and recording.
• Support residents with daily living activities and routines.
• Build meaningful relationships and provide companionship.
• Help enrich residents' lives through activities, hobbies, and social engagement.
• Promote residents' dignity, independence, and well-being.
• Work as part of a caring team to deliver outstanding person-centred care

About you

You dont need previous care experience. What matters most is your kindness and motivation to help others.

• No experience needed full training provided
• Compassionate, patient and great with people
• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK (we cannot currently offer sponsorship)
• The shift patterns for this role will be:
• Week 1 - Tuesday 2pm-8pm, Saturday 2pm-8pm
• Week 2 - Monday 2pm-8pm, Tuesday 8am-2pm, Wednesday 2pm-8pm, Sunday 8am-2pm
• Whether youre listening to residents wonderful life stories, helping with daily routines, or simply being a friendly face that brightens their day, youll be making a real difference to their lives.

Where you'll be working

Click here to view the care home: Care Home in Buckinghamshire | Care Home Buckinghamshire The Croft | Agincare

Apply to be a Care Assistant, where compassion meets purpose.

About Us

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6000 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new 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 locations across England.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated 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

• No previous experience is necessary, and full training will be provided. All candidates must have a compassionate nature, patience, be great with people, and have at least 12 months 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

Amersham

HP21 8JN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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