Care Assistant - Flexible Shifts

Onpoint Care Recruitment Ltd; Royal Tunbridge Wells; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Onpoint Care Recruitment Ltd is seeking experienced Care Assistants to join its flexible agency team serving Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas. You will provide high-quality, person-centred care across various residential and care settings.

As an Agency Care Assistant, you will support individuals with personal care, mobility, meals and daily living tasks, following care plans, and maintaining records while promoting dignity and independence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 months' recent UK experience in a care or healthcare setting.
• Able to provide personal care and support daily living needs.
• Willing to complete Onpoint Care's induction and all required mandatory training.
• Enhanced DBS, satisfactory employment references and the Right to Work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care, mobility, meals and continence care as part of daily living.
• Provide companionship and reassurance while encouraging independence.
• Follow individual care plans, maintain accurate records and report changes or concerns promptly.
• Adapt to different care environments while respecting service policies and routines.

Job description

Onpoint Care is a trusted and well-established temporary staffing agency, providing high-quality staffing support to care providers across the UK.

Due to continued demand for our temporary staffing services across Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas, we are recruiting experienced, compassionate and reliable Care Assistants to join our flexible agency team.

As an Agency Care Assistant, you will work across a variety of residential and care settings, providing high-quality, person-centred care and supporting individuals to maintain their dignity, independence, choice and wellbeing.

About the Role

Your responsibilities may include supporting individuals with personal care, washing and dressing, continence care, mobility, moving and handling, meals and hydration and other aspects of daily living.

You will provide companionship and reassurance while encouraging individuals to remain as independent as possible.

You will be expected to follow individual care plans and risk assessments, maintain accurate and professional care records and promptly report any changes or concerns regarding an individual's health, wellbeing or safety.

As an agency worker, you will need to be adaptable and confident working within different care environments while respecting the policies, procedures and established routines of each service.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for Care Assistants who are compassionate, dependable and committed to delivering excellent standards of care.

Applicants must:

• Have a minimum of 3 months' recent UK experience within a care or healthcare setting
• Be confident providing personal care and supporting individuals with their daily living needs
• Be willing to complete Onpoint Care's induction and all required mandatory training
• Have an Enhanced DBS, satisfactory employment references and the Right to Work in the UK

Experience supporting older people, individuals living with dementia and people with physical or complex care needs is desirable.

Please note: Onpoint Care is unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

What We Offer

Onpoint Care offers competitive hourly pay rates, double hourly pay on Bank Holidays and flexible agency working to fit around your availability.

Full-time and part-time opportunities are available, with a variety of morning, afternoon, evening, night and weekend shifts, subject to client requirements and shift availability.

You will also benefit from ongoing training and professional development, varied experience across different care environments and support from a friendly and approachable agency team.

Join Onpoint Care

If you are an experienced Care Assistant based in Tunbridge Wells or the surrounding areas and are looking for flexible temporary agency work, we would love to hear from you.