Night Care Assistant - maternity cover

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded training up to QCF Level

Alternate weekends

Refer-a-Friend up to £1,000

Up to £12.91 per hour

Blue Light Card discounts

Company pension

On-demand pay

Job summary

Agincare Group is seeking a Night Care Assistant to brighten residents' days and support daily living with compassionate, person-centered care. This maternity-cover role involves night shifts and a 36-hour week, including alternate weekends, in a UK care home.

Fully funded training up to QCF Level 5 and ongoing career development are provided, with optional days or nights and a Refer-a-Friend scheme offering up to £1,000. On-demand pay and a pension are also available.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a care setting is required for this role.
• Compassionate, patient and great with people.

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.
• 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

Skills

Care experience

Compassionate

Patient

People skills

Job description

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.

Where you'll be working:

Care Quality Commission Rating: 'Good'

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 homes, 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,