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Care Assistant - Waking nights
Role summary
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The Care Assistant – Waking Nights role involves supporting residents or service users throughout the night, providing personal care, reassurance, repositioning, continence support, and assistance with daily living needs. Duties may include monitoring wellbeing, responding to call bells, recording observations, maintaining a safe environment, and reporting concerns to senior staff. Candidates should demonstrate compassion, patience, reliability, good communication, and respect for dignity and confidentiality. Previous care experience is helpful but training may be provided. The role requires flexibility for overnight shifts, the ability to work independently, physical stamina, and a commitment to safeguarding. Applicants may need enhanced DBS clearance, satisfactory references, and the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
Working in the UK
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About Agincare
Agincare is a UK care provider delivering home care, live-in care, residential care, nursing support, and specialist services for older people and adults with additional needs. The organisation operates across various parts of England and Wales and employs care assistants, nurses, support workers, managers, and administrative teams. Its services aim to help people remain independent, safe, and comfortable in their own homes or in supported care settings. Agincare typically provides induction, mandatory training, ongoing development, and opportunities to progress within the care sector. Employees are expected to uphold dignity, safeguarding, confidentiality, person-centred care, and professional conduct. Working conditions and benefits vary by branch and role, so applicants should check the specific advertisement for shift patterns, enhanced rates, mileage arrangements, training, pension provisions, and eligibility requirements.