Care Assistant

Job summary

Package Description: A career where your kindness could brighten someone's day. Join our Lansdowne care home team as a Care Assistant and make a real difference in residents lives while building a rewarding career in care. All you need is compassion and the right to work in the UK. Well provide fully funded training and excellent career development to help you grow. And the best part? Youll get just as much back, the gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you, plus: Youll receive: Outstanding career development with fully funded training and qualifications (up to QCF Level 5) Refer-a-Friend scheme earn up to £1,000* £12.76 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.

Main duties of the job

Join our Lansdowne care home team as a Care Assistant and make a real difference in residents lives while building a rewarding career in care. All you need is compassion and the right to work in the UK. Well provide fully funded training and excellent career development to help you grow. As a Care Assistant, you will provide high-quality personal care and support to residents, assist with medication administration and recording, and support residents with daily living activities and routines. You will also build meaningful relationships, provide companionship, and help enrich residents' lives through activities, hobbies, and social engagement.

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 Childrens Services. With over 170 locations across England, Agincare is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. All of our services are regulated by the CQC.

Details

• Date posted: 01 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £12.76 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1557161931
• Job locations: Agincare Homes Holdings, Swindon, SN4 9LF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

A career where your kindness could brighten someone's day

Join our Lansdowne care home team as a Care Assistant and make a real difference in residents lives while building a rewarding career in care.

All you need is compassion and the right to work in the UK. Well provide fully funded training and excellent career development to help you grow.

And the best part? Youll get just as much back, the gratitude, the stories, the smiles that stay with you, plus:

• Outstanding career development with fully funded training and qualifications (up to QCF Level 5)
• Refer-a-Friend scheme earn up to £1,000*
• £12.76 per hour
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Company pension scheme
• On-demand pay
• 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
• Compassionate, patient and great with people
• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK (we cannot currently offer sponsorship)
• Able to work alternate weekends
• Opportunities Available:
• Care Assistantto work 24 hours over a 2 week rolling rota - shift pattern to be confirmed
• Night Care Assistant to work 36 hours over a 2 week rolling rota
• Shift pattern for Night Care Assistant as follows:
• Week 1 Thursday from 8pm to 8am
• Week 2 Tuesday from 8pm to 8am and Saturday from 8pm to 8am
• Bank Care Assistantto have the flexibility to work day, night and weekend shifts as and when required

Whether youre listening to residents wonderful life stories, helping with daily routines, or simply being a friendly face that brightens their day, youll be making a real difference to their lives.

Click here to view the care homehttps://www.agincare.com/care-homes/wiltshire/lansdowne-hill-care-home-swindon/ Care Quality Commission Rating: //www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-307207690

Apply to be a Care Assistant, where compassion meets purpose.

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 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 across England.

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