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Senior Care Assistant

Company:Agincare Group
Salary:£13.46 - £13.46
Hours:Full-time
Location: Wimborne, BH21 6RD
Job type:Permanent
Posting date:11 Aug 2026
Closing date:11 Sept 2026
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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 Waterloo care home?

Come and join the Agincare family as a Senior Care Assistant

Where you'll be working

  • Click here to view the care home: https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/dorset/waterloo-care-home-wimborne/
  • Care Quality Commission Rating: https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-138416463

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

What is required from you?

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
  • Qualified to at least NVQ Level 2, and achieved or working towards NVQ level 3 (or equivalent)
  • At least two years' experience working in a social care environment - preferably with vulnerable people over 65

  • Good demonstrable knowledge and experience of dementia
  • Excellent communication skills and a real ability to show 
  • empathy to people under your car

  • Senior Care Assistant at 42 hours per week to work from 8am to 8pm to include alternative weekends

A day in the life of a Senior Care Assistant

  • 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.

About Agincare

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 Children’s Services

. Today, 

Agincare is one of the UK’s 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 isn’t 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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