Care Assistant

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 (Bank) 

Where you'll be working.

St Peter’s Park Retirement Village provides a safe and homely environment within a real village community. Situated in the heart of Bexhill, St Peter’s Park is positioned within easy reach of the GP practice, village shop, bakery and tea room with the beautiful seafront just minutes away.

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As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:

£12.76 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

Full time contract of 36 hours per week, includes alternate weekends 

Bank contracts also 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.

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