Healthcare & Nursing Jobs

Senior Care Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare • Maidstone, Kent

Salary

£32k – £32k

Posted

3 September 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Barchester Healthcare is hiring a Senior Care Assistant - Care Home in Maidstone, a healthcare & nursing role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £32k – £32k. Barchester Healthcare holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Senior Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll look after the different needs of our residents to enable us to deliver quality, person-centred care and support. Your role will involve supervising and inspiring a team of dedicated Care Assistants alongside the Deputy General Manager. You can also expect to support the clinical team in a specific area, such as medication, assessments, care plans or care reviews. Like everyone here, as a Senior Care Assistant, you'll a…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Barchester Healthcare — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £32k – £32k
How this salary compares: about 10% below the £35,951 median across 2,024 healthcare & nursing roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Similar roles nearby: 1 other live healthcare & nursing role in Maidstone — browse them
Posted: 3 September 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Healthcare and nursing is the largest sponsored category in the UK. NHS trusts, private hospitals, GP practices, and specialist clinics sponsor registered nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, and support workers through the Health and Care Worker visa — which carries lower application fees and faster processing than the standard Skilled Worker visa.