Package Description:

Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new 

challenge

?

 Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised

support

team at Waterloo care home?

Come and join the Agincare family as a Senior Care Assistant

Where you'll be working

• Click here to view the care home:
• Care Quality Commission Rating:

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

• £13.46 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• Shift patten from 8pm to 8am to include alternative weekends
• Qualified to at least NVQ Level 2, and achieved or working towards NVQ level 3 (or equivalent)

• At least two years' experience working in a social care environment - preferably with vulnerable people over 65

• Good demonstrable knowledge and experience of dementia
• Excellent communication skills and a real ability to show 

  empathy

  to people under your car
• Opportunities Available:
• Senior Care Assistant at 42 hours per week to work from 8am to 8pm to include alternative weekends
• Senior Night Care Assistant at 48 hours per week to work from 8pm to 8am to include alternative weekends

A day in the life of a Senior Care Assistant

• Person-centred care - You will ensure that residents receive personal care from you and your team including bathing, dressing and oral care within their preferences, and

  actively

  promote right to choice and independence
• Review - You will contribute to and carry out care reviews with your residents to ensure their plans reflect their needs.
• Medication - You will administer residents' medication in a safe and 

  supportive

  and compliant way

• Social Activity - You will

  lead

  in and participate in trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.

• Leadership - you may

  support

  new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, and may be called up on to

  lead

  the home where more senior managers are not available.

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

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. 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 isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies, 

*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

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