Night Care Assistant

Agincare Group; Rochester; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 19,000; Part time

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Job summary

Agincare Group in Rochester is recruiting a Night Care Assistant to provide compassionate care overnight. You will work two shift patterns: 24 hours per week from 8pm to 8am, including alternating weekends, or 36 hours per week on the same schedule.

You will support residents with companionship, personal care, medications, meals, and mobility, helping them live as independently as possible. Previous care home experience is required, and you must have the right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a care home is required.
• Right to work in the UK for at least 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Companionship and engagement with residents.
• Personal care and assist with washing, dressing, oral care.
• Medication prompting, assisting or administering as directed.
• Meal support and hydration.
• Domestic tasks and light cleaning.
• Support mobility and independence.
• Organize social activities and outings within the home.

Skills

Care experience

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?

Come and join the Agincare family as a Night Care Assistant

• An award for Care Home Provider of the Year
• Rated 10 on carehome.co.uk

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• Night Care Assistant to work 24 hours per week from 8pm to 8am to include working alternative weekends.
• Night Care Assistant to work 36 hours per week from 8pm to 8am to include working alternative weekends.
• Previous experience working within a care home is required for these roles

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 40years 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 areregulated 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.

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

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