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Senior Care Assistant - Sleeping Nights

Agincare

Ipswich, IP2 8RTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£12.90

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

22 October 2026

3 days left

Job description

Package Description: Your kindness could brighten someones day! Join us as a Senior Care Assistant in Ipswich and make a real difference while buildin...

Join us as a Senior Care Assistant in Ipswich with Agincare UK and make a real difference in the community while advancing your career in care. In this role, you will assist individuals in living independently and with dignity in their homes, providing not just care but also companionship. The job includes helping with personal care, daily routines, and offering friendly interactions. The role is focused on providing quality personal and domestic care, supporting and mentoring new care team members, and maintaining care standards through spot checks. Experienced Care Assistants are encouraged to apply, especially those looking to progress their careers. The position offers flexible shifts and promising career development opportunities, with fully funded training and qualifications available. Compensation includes £12.90 per hour for day and waking night shifts and £60 per night for sleeping night shifts. Additionally, the role comes with various benefits such as a pension scheme, a Blue Light care discount package, and on-demand pay.

Package Description: Your kindness could brighten someones 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
  • £12.90an hour during day shift/waking nights shift
  • £60 a night per sleeping night shift
  • 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 youve got a kind heart, a listening ear and a desire to make a clients world a little brighter, wed love to have you join our team.

Become a Senior Care Assistant, where compassion meets purpose.

Message us today or click the link below to apply - your next meaningful chapter starts here.

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 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 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 Childrens 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 isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

Agincare UK, proudly celebrating 40 years of service, is a renowned and rapidly expanding family-owned care provider in the UK. With over 5,500 team members, the company continues to grow, offering diverse services including residential care homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Committed to community support, Agincare is actively involved in initiatives like the Care Leaver Covenant and Armed Forces community support, guaranteeing interviews or career discussions for care leavers and military community members. Agincare is dedicated to equal opportunities and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. Yet, sponsorship for visas is currently unavailable. The organization prides itself on enhancing its service offerings through recent care home developments and the launch of not-for-profit Childrens Services, further solidifying its position as one of the UK's largest care providers.

Qualifications

Essential: - A minimum of 12 months' care experience, a caring nature, and people skills are required. An NVQ level 2 in care is preferable.

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Provenance

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First seen

22 September 2026

Last checked

24 September 2026

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