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Senior Care Assistant

Agincare

Swindon, SN3 6LF

Salary

£13.76

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

20 September 2026

20 days left

Job description

Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new challenge? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our w...

As a Senior Care Assistant at Agincare, you will play a crucial role in our care team by ensuring that residents receive personal care tailored to their preferences, such as bathing, dressing, and oral care, while promoting their right to choice and independence. You will also be involved in care reviews to ensure residents' plans reflect their needs accurately. Administering medication safely and supporting social activities are also key parts of the role, contributing to the residents' overall well-being. You may also take on leadership responsibilities, such as assisting with shadowing and development of newer staff and potentially leading the care home in the absence of more senior management. We offer a highly supportive work environment with a range of benefits, including a competitive salary, career development opportunities, and fully funded training up to QCF level 5.

Package Description

Are you an experienced care professional looking for a new challenge? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at Edgehill care home?

Come and join the Agincare family as a Senior Care Assistant

Where you'll be working

  • Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/wiltshire/edgehill-care-home-swindon/
  • Care Quality Commission Rating: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-304662740

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

  • £13.76 per hour
  • Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000*
  • Outstanding career development
  • Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
  • Blue Light care discount package
  • Company pension scheme
  • On demand pay

What is required from you? - A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK

  • NVQ Level 2 - Health and Social care qualification
  • NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social Care qualification or be working towards
  • Opportunities Available:
  • Senior Care Assistant to work 36 hours per week from 8am to 8pm to include working alternative weekends
  • Night Senior Care Assistant to work 36 hours per week from 8pm to 8am to include working alternative weekends

A day in the life of a Senior Care Assistant - Person-centred care - You will ensure that residents receive personal care from you and your team including bathing, dressing and oral care within their preferences, and actively promote right to choice and independence

  • Review -You will contribute to and carry out care reviews with your residents to ensure their plans reflect their needs.
  • Medication - You will administer residents' medication in a safe and supportive and compliant way
  • Social Activity - You will lead in and participate in trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.
  • Leadership - you may support new starters or existing staff with shadowing and development, and may be called up on to lead the home where more senior managers are not available.

About AgincareAgincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting 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 interviewsto 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 isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

  • Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

SWISP

Agincare is a well-established, family-owned care provider that has been delivering quality care services for over 40 years. With a team of more than 5,500 members and operations in over 170 locations nationwide, Agincare has become one of the UK's largest care providers. We offer a variety of care services, including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care. As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, Agincare is committed to providing support and opportunities for care leavers and is proud to support the Armed Forces community by offering guaranteed interviews for service leavers. Agincare is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applicants from diverse backgrounds. All of our services are regulated by the CQC, ensuring high standards of care.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 2 and NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or working towards it.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

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First seen

21 August 2026

Last checked

21 August 2026

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