Senior Care Assistant

Job summary

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 Critchill court care home? Come and join the Agincare family as a Night Senior Care Assistant Where you'll be working Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/somerset/critchill-court-care-home/?utm_source=Online&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=critchillgooglebusinessprofile&utm_term=gbp&utm_content=critchill Care Quality Commission Rating - Good As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy £13.46 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 This is a day shift position, working 42 hours per week to include alternate weekends You must have experience in care, and an NVQ Level 2, and preferably working towards Level 3

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Care Assistant at our Critchill court care home, you will ensure that residents receive personal care, including bathing, dressing, and oral care, while promoting their right to choice and independence. You will contribute to and carry out care reviews to ensure their plans reflect their needs. Administering residents' medication safely, you will also lead and participate in trips, social engagements, and activities within the home. You may support new starters with shadowing and development and may lead the home in the absence of more senior managers. We offer career development, fully funded training, and a range of benefits including a refer-a-friend scheme and pension.

About us

Agincare is a family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members and over 170 locations nationwide. Celebrating 40 years of service, they continue to develop their services, including the launch of not-for-profit Childrens Services. Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, offering care and nursing homes, home care, and live-in care services. They support care leavers and the Armed Forces community by offering guaranteed interviews. All services are regulated by the CQC, and Agincare promotes equal opportunities, encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds. Currently, they cannot offer visa sponsorship.

Details

• Date posted: 03 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £13.46 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1523301264
• Job locations: Agincare Homes Holdings, Frome, BA11 4DP, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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 Critchill court care home?

Come and join the Agincare family as a Night Senior Care Assistant

• Click here to view the care home:https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/somerset/critchill-court-care-home/?utm_source=Online&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=critchillgooglebusinessprofile&utm_term=gbp&utm_content=critchill
• Care Quality Commission Rating - Good

• £13.46 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

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• This is a day shift position, working 42 hours per week to include alternate weekends
• You must have experience in care, and an NVQ Level 2, and preferably working towards Level 3

• 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.

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. 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