# Senior Care Assistant

> Carefound Home Care · Harrogate, United Kingdom · — · Posted 2026-06-09

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Harrogate

## Description

**Location:** Harrogate, Ripon, Wetherby and surrounding areas  
**Pay:** £16.39 to £17.39 per hour (including paid travel time) plus mileage at 45p per mile  
**Hours:** Full-time & part-time available (contracted up to 30 hours)

**At Carefound Home Care, we're rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we offer the best career in social care.**

We're looking for an experienced, kind-hearted person to join us as a Senior Care Assistant in Harrogate and surrounding areas.

If you're already a Field Care Supervisor, or an experienced Care Assistant looking for career progression, then this is the role for you. As a Senior Care Assistant, you will play a vital role in assisting our care management team in Harrogate to manage client care and support our care professionals.

You'll get the best employment package including paid travel time, career progression and support. You must have a **full UK driving licence** and **your own car** and be keen to make a genuine difference to our clients' lives.

**Please note: We do NOT offer sponsorship.**

Our Senior Care Assistant role offers the following benefits:

-   **Guaranteed hours contract** from 20 to 30 hours per week depending on availability
-   **High pay rate** of £16.39 to £17.39 per hour (including paid travel time)
-   Double time on **bank holidays** and other designated holiday days
-   **Paid travel time** at your standard hourly rate (included in the above hourly rate)
-   **Paid mileage** at the full allowance of 45p per mile
-   **Additional pay** when on-call
-   **Instant access to your pay** instead of waiting for payday
-   **Shopping discounts** and **free Blue Light Card**
-   Earn up to **£500** for referring a friend
-   You're employed by us giving you **paid holidays** and our **pension scheme**
-   Full in-house induction training with over **£400 pay on completion**
-   Support to complete **further training** including diploma qualifications
-   **Career progression** along our career path
-   **24/7 local support** from a care manager and wider team
-   **Funded** DBS check
-   Minimum **1 hour visits**

As a Senior Care Assistant, you'll have a varied role supporting our clients and Care Professionals in the community and supporting the care management team in the branch. Your role will include:

-   Providing outstanding care and support to our clients in their own homes
-   Supporting, supervising and assessing new and existing care professionals
-   Supporting the care management team with assessments and client reviews
-   Participating in quality assurance reviews and other audit and control initiatives
-   Contributing to on-call
-   You'll need a smartphone to use our app

If you’d like to find out more about becoming a Senior Care Assistant in Harrogate, apply today. We can’t wait to hear from you.

## Apply

[Apply at Carefound Home Care](https://apply.workable.com/carefound-home-care/j/D802BFE293/apply)

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