Package Description: Your kindness could brighten someones day!

Join us as a Senior Care Assistant at Whitley Court, and make a real difference while building a rewarding career in care.

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.

Location

• Whitley Court
• https://www.agincare.com/home-care/extra-care-housing-schemes/devon/extra-care-housing-in-devon-whitley-court/

What we offer

• 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*
• Up to £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 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
• Full UK driving licence (Preferred)
• Availability to work 40 hours per week with 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.

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 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A minimum of 12 months' care experience, compassion, and a positive attitude - NVQ level 2 is preferable. Full UK driving licence (Preferred). Availability to work 40 hours per week with flexible shifts between 7am 10pm and alternating weekends. A minimum of 12 months on your right to work.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name
Agincare

Address
Agincare UK
Paignton
TQ4 5PL
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:
Recruitment Team
Agincare UK
Recruitment@agincare.com

Details

Date posted
23 September 2026

Pay scheme
Other

Salary
£12.90 an hour

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Part-time

Reference number
1554491361

Job locations
Agincare UK
Paignton
TQ4 5PL
United Kingdom

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