Senior Care Assistant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded training up to QCF5

Flexible contracts

Blue Light discount

Company pension

On demand pay

Job summary

Agincare is seeking a Senior Care Assistant in Ipswich to deliver high-quality personal and domestic care in clients’ homes and support a growing team. You’ll help clients maintain independence and dignity, and provide companionship while adhering to care standards.

The role requires at least 12 months of care experience, with NVQ level 2 preferable. Flexible shifts around 7am–10pm and occasional weekend work are available, with a competitive hourly rate of £12.90 and a range of benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months care experience.
• NVQ level 2 preferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality personal and domestic care to clients in their own homes.
• Support and mentor new members of the care team.
• Carry out occasional spot checks to help maintain care standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and their families.

Skills

Empathy

People skills

Education

NVQ level 2

Job description

Package Description

Your kindness could brighten someone’s day!

Join us as a Senior Care Assistant in Ipswich and make a real difference while building a rewarding career in care. Previous care experience is essential.

Package Description

Your kindness could brighten someone’s day!

Join us as a Senior Care Assistant in Ipswich and make a real difference while building a rewarding career in care. Previous care experience is essential.

Every day, you'll help people live independently and with dignity in their own homes. Whether you're supporting personal care, assisting with daily routines, or simply sharing a friendly conversation, you'll provide more than care, you'll provide companionship and reassurance.

And the best part? The smiles, gratitude, and knowledge that you've made a genuine difference in someone's day, plus:

• Outstanding career development with fully funded professional training and qualifications (up to QCF level 5).
• Flexible contracts – to work around you
• £12.90 an hour
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme
• On demand pay

About The Role

• Provide high-quality personal and domestic care to clients in their own homes.
• Support and mentor new members of the care team.
• Carry out occasional spot checks to help maintain care standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and their families.
• Ideal for experienced Care Assistants looking to progress their career.

What You Will Bring

• Good people skills and the ability to show strong empathy, with a caring and compassionate nature
• A minimum of 12 months' care experience, compassion, and a positive attitude - NVQ level 2 is preferable
• Flexible shifts between 7am – 10pm and alternating weekends
• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work – we currently cannot offer sponsorship

If you’ve got a kind heart, a listening ear and a desire to make a client’s world a little brighter, we’d love to have you join our team.

Become a Senior Care Assistant, where compassion meets purpose.

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years 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 are regulated by the CQC and Children’s Service are also regulated by Ofsted and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and 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