Senior Care Assistant: HC-One in Carterton

HC-One's Senior Care Assistant role at Brize Meadow Lodge is based in Carterton, Oxfordshire. The full-time care role in Carterton pays £15.70 to £16.30 per hour and remains open until 31 August 2026. Brize Meadow Lodge is recruiting a senior carer to support residents with personal care, daily routines, medication and activities. The Carterton role includes leadership for Care Assistants and close work with residents, families, nurses and home managers.

Relevant qualifications include S/NVQ or NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 in Health and Social Care, First Aid at Work and CPD. Brize Meadow Lodge provides dementia, residential, elderly, respite and home care services. Residents receive support with mobility, eating, personal care and end-of-life care.

Senior Care Assistants plan and implement personalised care, then keep records accurate as residents' needs change. Mobility support, eating assistance, personal care and end-of-life care form part of the day-to-day work. Medication administration requires careful records and prompt attention to changes in a resident's condition. Residents also receive social and recreational activities that support relationships and daily engagement.

The senior role includes communication with families and colleagues, so care decisions stay connected to the people involved in each resident's life. Senior care role guidance places this work alongside care planning, record keeping and communication with the registered nurse and Home Manager.

The post gives the Senior Care Assistant a leadership role among Care Assistants. The successful applicant helps maintain care standards, supports colleagues with resident needs and contributes to a consistent approach across the home. Accurate records, good communication and dependable time management are part of that responsibility.

Safeguarding is a defined part of the work. The role requires concerns about abuse, harm or neglect to be recognised, reported and escalated, with role-appropriate safeguarding training attended. This responsibility sits alongside promoting residents' security, dignity and independence.

The vacancy lists S/NVQ 2, NVQ Level 2, S/NVQ 3, NVQ Level 3, Level 3 Health and Social Care, First Aid at Work and CPD among its qualification routes. Full training is provided, while further learning can lead to further qualifications and broader care responsibilities. The role also includes career pathways, CPD and postgraduate programmes.

HC-One provides support for colleagues working towards qualifications and identifies progression into regional and national roles. The wider care role information records full training, pay progression and learning opportunities across its care work. The senior position therefore combines resident-facing duties with a defined route for professional development.

Benefits include:

• Paid Enhanced DBS or PVG check
• Free uniform
• Company pension scheme
• 28 days' annual leave including bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Free onsite parking

Brize Meadow Lodge is a purpose-built care home with dementia, residential, elderly, respite and home care services. Free onsite parking and local transport links are listed with the role. The workplace also provides access to HC-One's learning and development support.

HC-One operates about 290 care homes across England, Scotland and Wales. Its care work includes Care Assistant, Senior Care Assistant and Home Care Assistant roles, while this Carterton vacancy carries the senior responsibility for leading Care Assistants. HC-One also lists colleague discounts at more than 1,600 high-street retailers and an Employee Assistance Programme.

HC-One lists GP Online for colleagues and children under 16 alongside its Employee Assistance Programme. These provisions add a separate health and wellbeing element to the employment package. The company also lists a refer-a-friend scheme and states that no payment is requested to process an application or employment offer. Employment offers are not made before an interview.