Care Assistant

Agincare; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Agincare is Weston-super-Mare's trusted care provider seeking a dedicated Care Assistant to join our growing team. You will provide companionship, personal care, meal support and assist with mobility and daily tasks in a home-care or residential setting.

The role is full-time, 36 hours per week, and includes alternate weekends. We offer full training, with additional support for those new to care and a commitment to worker development.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK.
• Experience in a care role is desirable, however full training will be provided.
• There is one full time position available working 36 hours per week, to include alternate weekends.

Responsibilities

• Companionship - Providing support, companionship, communication and engagement.
• Personal care - assisting with a wash, bath or shower and dressing/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.
• Social activities - Trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.

Skills

Care experience desirable

Right to work in UK

Job description

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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

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• There is one full time position available working 36 hours per week, to include alternate weekends
• Experience in a care role is desirable, however full training will be provided

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 Us:

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6000 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 across England.

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 interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated 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.