Published on
Mar 25, 2025
Care Assistant (Bank)
Bank/Casual
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Job Purpose:
As a Care Assistant, you’ll bring compassion, energy, and fun to our residents. Your role includes providing dignified personal care, assisting during mealtimes, and provide sensitive and appropriate support with various aspects of people’s lives. Beyond physical care, you'll also be a comforting and attentive listener.
Each day as a Care Assistant promises to be diverse. Our residents are unique, each with distinct care needs, personalities, and life stories. Your contributions will be not just inspiring but immensely enjoyable as you build strong relationships based on understanding, trust, and genuine care.
Wondering why you should consider joining Anchor as a Care Assistant?
We are an accredited Living Wage Foundation Employer
Access to online GP appointments
Buy & Sell Holiday Scheme
Discounts on gym, fitness, and wellbeing services
Exclusive discounts on major brand shopping, holidays, phones, technology, and more
Eligibility for a Blue Light card (offering substantial savings for frontline staff)
Access to training for your Level 2 qualification and beyond
£250 through our refer-a-friend scheme.
Savings advice, free life assurance, Salary Advance scheme, and many more benefits
Opportunities for career progression and promotion (from Care Assistant to Leadership Roles)
Up to 18% contribution pension
To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser
Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK to apply for this role.
Silk Court in Bethnal Green is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 51 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver.
Rated Outstanding by CQC
British Care Awards 2015 ‘The Putting people first’ supported by SCIE
We pride ourselves on listening and acting on our customer interest. Our customers are empowered to make their own choices with positive risk assessment
Anchor – a great place to work
Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.
We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.
A rewarding environment
From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.
Health & happiness
Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
Mental health support
Flexible working options
Finance
Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
Quick and easy pension transfer service
Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
Career
Ongoing personal and professional development programme
Leadership Pathways online learning resources
Career progression and promotion opportunities