Care Assistant

Job summary

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 40  years of caring for communities. As a rapidly  growing, family-owned  care provider with more than  5,500 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 Children’s Services . Today,  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.

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