Job summary
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you an experienced care professional looking for a change? You may be new to care or looking for a newchallenge away from hospitality and retail. Come and join the Agincare family as a Care Assistant Where you'll be working Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/kent/admiralty-care-home/ As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy: £12.76 per hour Refer a friend scheme 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 Care Assistant at 42 hours per week to work a mixture of day and night shifts to include working alternative weekends Day shifts are from 8am to 8pm and night shifts are from 8pm to 8am Previous experience required working in a care home is required for this role A day in the life of a Care Assistant Companionship - Providingsupport, companionship, communication and engagement Personal care-support
Main duties of the job
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference as a Care Assistant? Agincare is seeking motivated individuals, whether new to care or experienced professionals seeking a change. Join the Agincare family and enjoy competitive pay of £12.76 per hour, a generous refer-a-friend scheme, outstanding career development opportunities, and fully funded training up to QCF level 5. As a Care Assistant, you'll provide essential services like companionship, personal care support, medication assistance, meals support, domestic tasks, mobility support, and social activities within Agincare's care homes. Working 42 hours per week, you'll be required to work both day and night shifts, including alternative weekends. A minimum of 12 months right to work in the UK and previous experience in a care home are required. Agincare celebrates 40 years of caring for communities and is a leading care provider in the UK, committed to providing exceptional services across the country. Explore a fulfilling career in a growing, family-owned company with over 5,500 team members nationwide.
About us
Agincare is a well-established and rapidly growing family-owned company that has been proudly serving communities with care for over 40 years. With more than 5,500 team members, Agincare is a leading provider of care services in the UK, offering a wide range of services including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across over 170 locations across the nation. Agincare is an equal opportunities employer, committed to supporting diverse backgrounds and experiences and upholding high standards of care, all regulated by the CQC. Agincare is also a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, committed to supporting care leavers by offering interviews or career conversations, and proudly supports the Armed Forces community.
Details
- Date posted: 16 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £12.76 an hour
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 1516562954
- Job locations: Agincare Homes Holdings, Gillingham, ME8 0NX, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you an experienced care professional looking for a change?
You may be new to care or looking for a newchallenge away from hospitality and retail.
Come and join the Agincare family as a Care Assistant
Where you'll be working
Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/kent/admiralty-care-home/
As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:
- £12.76 per hour
- Refer a friend scheme 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
- Care Assistant at 42 hours per week to work a mixture of day and night shifts to include working alternative weekends
- Day shifts are from 8am to 8pm and night shifts are from 8pm to 8am
- Previous experience required working in a care home is required for this role
A day in the life of a Care Assistant
- Companionship - Providingsupport, companionship, communication and engagement
- Personal care-supporting with a wash bath or shower andsupporting the client with dressing and oral care.
- Medication-Prompting, assisting or administering medications and creams.
- Meals Supporting the client with healthy meals, snacks and beverages.
- Domestic tasks- light cleaning tasks.
- Mobility -Supporting the client to live asindependently as possible with their mobility.
- Social activities- Trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.
About Agincare
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 arecommitted 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
*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK. Previous experience required working in a care home is required for this role.
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