Care Assistant in Watlington

Location: Watlington
Salary: £13.12 per hour
Recruiter: Sanctuary Care
Job Hours: Part-time

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Proud to be not-for-profit, at Sanctuary Care we provide high quality care homes where people are looked after with the utmost dignity and respect.

At the very heart of everything we do is our mission to go beyond the standard expectation of providing great care, by doing everything we can to enrich the lives of the residents we are privileged to care for, their loved ones and as importantly, our dedicated and valued staff.

Care Assistant

Watlington and District Nursing Home, Hill Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5AE

£13.

12 per hour (new to care or bags of experience, it’s your heart that counts) 

Days and nights available

Full and part time hours available


Benefits and rewards

We know you work so hard and being the best Care Assistant you can be needs to be rewarded.

We are very proud to offer the following:

  • 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
  • Life assurance
  • CQC performance bonus
  • Overtime enhancement
  • Occupational sick pay after qualifying period
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Refer a friend scheme with payment of up to £500 available
  • Contributory pension from Sanctuary Care
  • Access to a free 24/7 support service providing support including legal, financial, emotional and medical advice
  • Exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, recognition and much more via “Sanctuary e-hub"
  • Criminal Records Checks are funded by Sanctuary Care.
  • Why work for us?

    We spend so much time at work don’t we, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff.

    Let’s have some fun while we’re at work, support each other and work hard as a team.

    94% of our employees told us in a recent staff survey that they would recommend Sanctuary Care as a great place to work.

    There’s loads of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at Watlington and District Nursing Home all regardless of role.

    Sanctuary Care has over 100 care homes and you can ‘feel’ the difference a team makes the moment you step through one of our doors.

    The team at Watlington and District Nursing Home is special and we’re looking for special people to join us.

    Become a part of it and apply for this role.

    What skills do I need?

  • Team work! A happy team, makes for happy residents and a happy home
  • Experience is not essential, as we will support you with all the training and support you’ll need to do the job, what is important is that you are caring, enthusiastic and have energy to share
  • Being able to communicate well is essential along with a flexible approach
  • You’ll also be kind and have a real genuine like for older people and their needs, ensuring we treat everyone with the respect and dignity they deserve.
  • We hope you feel you could be our next team member.

    The job reference is 2173944

    To apply please email your CV to


    About Sanctuary Care


    Our vision of enriching lives underpins the ethos of our entire organisation. We provide a range of high quality care including residential, dementia, nursing and respite care and support our residents to live happy and enriched lives in over 100 care homes across the UK.

    *We monitor our social media accounts between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. We also monitor content about us or our services to help us learn and improve. This may include sharing screen shots of content internally to ensure that we are able to identify any issues and put them right where possible.

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