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Care Assistant Prison Healthcare Services We are seeking compassionate, resilient, and dedicated Care Assistants to join our healthcare team within a secure prison environment. This is a rewarding opportunity to support vulnerable individuals and make a genuine difference to peoples health, wellbeing, and rehabilitation. Location: HMP Lewes - 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes BN7 1EA Shift Patterns (Subject to change): 8:30 12:30 16:00 19:00 All you need is the compassion and the right to work in the UK and we will provide you with free fully funded training and offer outstanding career development. And the best part? You get just as much back. The gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you and: Outstanding career development with fully funded professional training and qualifications (up to QCF level 5). Flexible contracts to work around you Up to £14.50 an hour Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme On demand pay About You dont need to have previous experience or qualifications in care, whats important is you are passionate and motivated. If you want Job Satisfaction, where every day is truly different, our Care Assistan
Main duties of the job
We are seeking compassionate, resilient, and dedicated Care Assistants to join our healthcare team within a secure prison environment. This is a rewarding opportunity to support vulnerable individuals and make a genuine difference to peoples health, wellbeing, and rehabilitation. All you need is the compassion and the right to work in the UK and we will provide you with free fully funded training and offer outstanding career development. And the best part? You get just as much back. The gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you and: outstanding career development with fully funded professional training and qualifications (up to QCF level 5), flexible contracts to work around you, up to £14.50 an hour, Blue Light care discount package, company pension scheme, and on demand pay. You dont need to have previous experience or qualifications in care. Whats important is you are passionate and motivated. If youve got a kind heart, a listening ear and a desire to make a client's world a little brighter, all while learning new valuable skills or continued development, wed love to have you join our team.
About us
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 Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
Details
- Date posted: 04 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £14.50 an hour
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 1523370450
- Job locations: Agincare UK, Eastbourne, BN21 4RB, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Care Assistant Prison Healthcare ServicesWe are seeking compassionate, resilient, and dedicated Care Assistants to join our healthcare team within asecure prison environment.This is a rewarding opportunity to support vulnerable individuals and make a genuine difference to peoples health, wellbeing, and rehabilitation.Location: HMP Lewes - 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes BN7 1EAShift Patterns (Subject to change):
- 8:30 12:30
- 16:00 19:00
All you need is the compassion andthe right to work in the UKand we will provide you withfree fully funded training and offeroutstanding career development.And the best part? You get just as much back. The gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you and:
- Outstanding career development with fully funded professional training and qualifications (up to QCF level 5).
- Flexible contracts to work around you
- Up to £14.50 an hour
- Blue Light care discount package
- Company pension scheme
- On demand pay
AboutYou dont need to have previous experience or qualifications in care, whats important is you are passionate and motivated.If you want Job Satisfaction, where every day is truly different, our Care Assistant role could be the perfect opportunity for you.
- No experience needed - We provide comprehensive training and, free of charge
- Good people skills and the ability to show strongempathy, with a caring andcompassionate nature
- A positive & professional team working ethos
- A minimum of 12 months on your right to work we currently cannot offer sponsorship
- Full UK driving licence
- Alternating weekends are required for this role
If youve got a kind heart, a listening ear and a desire to make a clients world a little brighter, all while learning new valuable skills or continued development, wedlove to have you join our team.Become a 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 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 theCare 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 Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.All of our services areregulated 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
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Essential
- No experience needed - We provide comprehensive training and, free of charge. Good people skills and the ability to show strong empathy, with a caring and compassionate nature. A positive & professional team working ethos. A minimum of 12 months on your right to work we currently cannot offer sponsorship. Full UK driving licence. Alternating weekends are required for this role.
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