Overview
This role as a Care Assistant at Agincare Homes Holdings in Chard offers a rewarding career where you can make a real difference. The role involves providing companionship, personal care, medication support, meal assistance, and social activities to support clients to live as independently as possible. Agincare is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with over 5,500 team members, delivering a range of care services across the UK.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Assistant, you will be responsible for providing compassionate and high-quality care to clients in a residential setting. This includes tasks such as assisting with personal care, medication management, meal preparation, and facilitating social activities. The role requires a minimum of 12 months\' right to work in the UK, and either full-time or part-time positions (24 hours per week) are available, with both day and night shifts.
About us
Agincare Homes Holdings is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, delivering a range of care services across the UK. The company has been providing care for communities for over 40 years and is one of the UK\'s largest care providers, with a presence in over 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is regulated by the CQC and is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
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 (Nights)
Where you'll be working
Care home location information available at: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/somerset/sunnymeade-care-home/
As an Agincare employee you\'ll enjoy:
* £12.25 per hour
* Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
* Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
* 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 Part time position available - working 24 hours per week
* Night and day shifts 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 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 40 years of caring
Agincare is celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, 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 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. We are a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, and 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 CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship at present. As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn\'t 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
* No specific qualifications are required, but previous experience in a care or healthcare setting would be beneficial.
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.
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