Night Care Assistant - maternity cover

Agincare; Swindon; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded training

QCF Level 5 training

Refer-a-Friend bonus (up to £1,000)

On-demand pay

Blue Light Card discounts

Company pension

Alternate weekends

Job summary

Agincare is seeking a Night Care Assistant to join our Cirencester care home team. You’ll provide high-quality personal care, assist with daily living tasks, and build meaningful relationships with residents.

No prior experience is required; we offer fully funded training and career development. The role is 36 hours per week, night shifts, and includes alternate weekends, with additional benefits like pension and on-demand pay.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a care setting is required.
• Compassionate, patient and great with people.
• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK; sponsorship not offered.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality personal care and support to residents.
• Assist with medication administration and recording.
• Support residents with daily living activities and routines.
• Build meaningful relationships and provide companionship.
• Promote dignity, independence and well-being.

Skills

Compassionate

Patient

Great with people

Job description

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A career where your kindness could brighten someone's day

Join our care home team as a Night Care Assistant and make a real difference in residents’ lives while building a rewarding career in care, no experience necessary.

All you need is compassion and the right to work in the UK. We’ll provide fully funded training and excellent career development to help you grow.

And the best part? You’ll get just as much back, the gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you, plus:

You’ll receive:

• Outstanding career development with fully funded training and qualifications (up to QCF Level 5)
• Hours to include working alternate weekends
• Days and nights currently available
• Refer-a-Friend scheme – earn up to £1,000*
• Up to £12.91 per hour
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Company pension scheme
• On-demand pay

The role of a Care Assistant:

• Provide high-quality personal care and support to residents.
• Assist with medication administration and recording.
• Support residents with daily living activities and routines.
• Build meaningful relationships and provide companionship.
• Help enrich residents' lives through activities, hobbies, and social engagement.
• Promote residents' dignity, independence, and well-being.
• Work as part of a caring team to deliver outstanding person-centred care

About you:

• Experience working in a care setting is required for this role
• Compassionate , patient and great with people
• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK (we cannot currently offer sponsorship)
• This position is working 36 hours per week, to include alternate weekends
• Please note this is a maternity cover position for 12 months
• Please note this is a night shift position

Whether you’re listening to residents’ wonderful life stories, helping with daily routines, or simply being a friendly face that brightens their day, you’ll be making a real difference to their lives.

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 interviews to 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.

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