# Senior Care Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Agincare. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-assistant/ad598302-ccf1-4434-b01a-688b8ac6aa24 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-assistant/ad598302-ccf1-4434-b01a-688b8ac6aa24.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Agincare - **Town:** Weymouth - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £12.90 an hour - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T19:02:00.514Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/L0014-26-1250?employerCode=L0014 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1528572432&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### Job summary Your kindness could brighten someones day! Join us as a Senior Care Assistant at (add location) 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 Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £1000* £12.90 an hour 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 ### Main duties of the job Join Agincare UK as a Senior Care Assistant in Ipswich. As a Senior Care Assistant, you will play a crucial role in helping people live independently and with dignity in their own homes. Your responsibilities will include providing personal and domestic care, supporting personal care, assisting with daily routines, and building positive relationships with clients and their families. Additionally, you will support and mentor new members of the care team and carry out occasional spot checks to maintain care standards. This role offers outstanding career development opportunities with fully funded professional training and qualifications (up to QCF level 5). Flexible contracts are available to accommodate your schedule, and there is a refer a friend scheme where you can earn up to £1000. The position offers a competitive pay rate of £12.90 per hour, a Blue Light care discount package, a company pension scheme, and on-demand pay. ### About us Agincare is a family-owned care provider celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. With over 5,500 team members and expanding every day, Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers. They offer care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community by offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community. As an equal opportunities employer, Agincare encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. Their services are regulated by the CQC, and Children's Services are also regulated by Ofsted. Agincare continues to strengthen their services through recent care home developments and the launch of their new not-for-profit Childrens Services. ### Details - Date posted: 20 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £12.90 an hour - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 1528572432 - Job locations: Agincare UK, Ipswich, IP2 8RT, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Package Description: Your kindness could brighten someones day! Join us as a Senior Care Assistant at (add location) 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 - Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £1000* - £12.90an hour - 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 ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - A minimum of 12 months' care experience, compassion, and a positive attitude. NVQ level 2 is preferable. A minimum of 12 months on your right to work. Good people skills, strong empathy, a caring and compassionate nature. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.