Care AssistantNHS
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 : Care Home in Gloucestershire | Care Home Gloucestershire Grevill House | Agincare As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy: £12.90 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 This is a full time position, including working alternate weekends Hours will be confirmed at interview This will be a day shift position Experience in care is preferrable 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 dress
Main duties of the job
Join Agincare Homes Holdings as a Care Assistant in Cheltenham for a rewarding career where you can make a significant difference. With a permanent role at £12.90 per hour, employees enjoy benefits such as career development, funded training up to QCF level 5, Blue Light care discount packages, and company pension schemes. Additionally, they can access on-demand pay and participate in a refer-a-friend scheme that offers up to £1000. Ideal candidates will have at least 12 months of valid UK work authorization, be open to full-time roles including alternate weekends, and preferably possess prior care experience. Job responsibilities include delivering companionship, personal care, assisting with medication, supporting meals, performing light domestic tasks, fostering client mobility, and organizing social activities. This position does not offer visa sponsorship and requires a DBS check while supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community is also prioritized in the hiring process.
Job description
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 Grevill House | Agincare
As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:
- £12.90 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
- This is a full time position, including working alternate weekends
- Hours will be confirmed at interview
- This will be a day shift position
- Experience in care is preferrable
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 AgincareAgincare is proudly celebrating 40years 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 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 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 community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to 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
About us
Agincare Homes Holdings, celebrating 40 years, is a family-owned care provider based in the UK boasting a team of over 5,500 members. Their expanding operations span 170 locations nationwide, with services encompassing care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care. Agincare prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer, urging applications from all backgrounds and experiences without offering visa sponsorship. Through its commitment to community support, Agincare aligns with the Care Leaver Covenant, ensuring interviews or career conversations for care leavers, and guarantees interviews for service leavers and the military community. Regulated by the CQC, Agincare prioritizes high-quality care delivery, supporting both its clients and team members with impressive career development opportunities and fully funded training up to QCF level 5, establishing its status as one of the largest care providers in the UK.