Some people are simply built for this work. You feel it when you hold someone’s hand a little longer. You feel it when a story from a resident stays with you all the way home. If that’s you, we’d love to meet you.
The Kensington Falls Church offers full-time and part-time senior living jobs for experienced professionals and those beginning their caregiving careers.
Opportunities include caregiver, CNA, nursing, life enrichment, dining, and memory care roles with paid training, career growth pathways, and supportive clinical leadership.
Whether you’re new to senior living or bringing years of experience, there’s a place here for work that matters, and we’d love for you to join our team.
Why Work at The Kensington Falls Church
Our Promise is to love and care for your family as we do our own. That same Promise shapes how we show up for our team every single day. When you choose a senior care career in Falls Church, VA, you join a community built on more. Your work, your growth, and your well-being all matter here.
Here’s what you can expect as a team member at The Kensington Falls Church:
- 24/7 on-site nursing standing beside you through every shift
- Paid Direct Care Training that sets new hires up to thrive
- Real growth paths from Care Partner to clinical leadership
- A community that feels like family from your very first day
Caregiver and CNA Jobs in Fall Church, VA
The Kensington Falls Church is hiring compassionate team members for caregiving and nursing roles across our assisted living and memory care neighborhoods.
Current opportunities include:
- CNA Care Partners in Memory Care: Provides hands-on support for daily activities, therapeutic engagement, and restorative care tailored to each resident’s cognitive and physical needs.
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs): Help oversee medication management, coordinate resident care, and support clinical excellence alongside our nursing leadership team.
Our Core Values as a Care Organization
- Love for seniors
- Respect for each other
- Passion for excellence
- Spirit to serve
Whether you’re beginning your caregiving journey or growing your nursing career, The Kensington Falls Church offers meaningful work, supportive leadership, and the opportunity to build deeper connections every day.
Typical Day for a Care Partner at The Kensington Falls Church
No two days in senior living look exactly the same, and that’s part of what makes the work meaningful. Care Partners at The Kensington Falls Church spend their days helping residents feel comfortable, supported, and connected.
Our caregivers are called Care Partners because it says everything about how we see the role: You’re a partner in someone’s life, not just a name on the schedule.
A typical day for a care partner in senior living may include:
- Helping residents get ready for the morning with dignity and patience
- Assisting with meals, mobility, and daily routines
- Sharing conversations, laughter, and quiet moments throughout the day
- Noticing small changes in mood, appetite, or behavior and communicating them to the clinical team
- Supporting residents during activities, walks, or social gatherings
- Offering reassurance and companionship during difficult moments
The work is hands-on, but it’s also deeply personal. Many Care Partners say the relationships they build with residents and families are what make this career feel so rewarding.
Memory Care Careers in Senior Living
Memory care is a calling within a calling. If you feel drawn to walking alongside people with dementia, you’ll find a home here.
At The Kensington Falls Church, we specialize in memory care for residents living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Our Connections neighborhood supports residents in mid-stage memory loss, and our Haven neighborhood cares for those in later stages.
The work asks for patience, creativity, and a deep belief in every person you serve.
What Memory Care Team Members Experience
Working in memory care means stepping into someone’s world with compassion, patience, and consistency. Team members in our memory care neighborhoods build meaningful relationships with residents living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Some moments are joyful and uplifting. Others require creativity, reassurance, and calm support. Throughout it all, team members help residents feel safe, familiar, and valued.
Team members in memory care often experience:
- Deep trust built through daily routines and familiar faces
- Meaningful one-on-one resident connections
- Specialized dementia care training and mentorship
- Collaboration with supportive nurses and caregivers
- The reward of helping residents experience comfort, recognition, and joy
For many caregivers, memory care careers become more than a job. They become work filled with purpose, empathy, and human connection.
Nursing Careers With 24/7 Clinical Support
Nursing here means you have time to know each resident. You’ll know their name, their story, and even how they take their coffee.
Our community is supported by experienced clinical leadership guiding every shift around the clock.
Whether you’re an RN, an LPN, a med tech, or a new CNA, you’ll find a real path here. If you’re newly certified as a CNA in Virginia, we’d love to talk to you about starting your career.
Why Nurses Transition Into Senior Living
Many RNs, LPNs, and CNAs come to senior living after working in hospitals, rehab centers, or other healthcare settings. Often, they’re looking for something more relationship-centered and personally meaningful.
Senior living nursing gives nurses the opportunity to:
- Build long-term relationships with residents and families
- Spend more meaningful time with the people they care for
- Work within a collaborative, supportive clinical team
- Develop specialized skills in dementia and geriatric care
- Experience a steadier pace focused on preventive and personalized care
For many nurses, senior living offers a chance to reconnect with the reason they entered healthcare in the first place: caring deeply for people, not just treating conditions.
Life Enrichment Careers in Senior Living
Not every meaningful role in senior living is clinical. If you’re the kind of person who lights up at the prospect of planning a great day, life enrichment might be your calling.
Life enrichment team members shape the moments residents look forward to most.
Plan music, art, outings, and the little surprises that turn a Tuesday into something special. Whether your strengths are in art, instruments, or gardening, there’s a place for your creativity wherever it fits best.
This is hands-on, people-facing work for someone who believes joy belongs at every age.
Dining and Hospitality Careers
There’s something sacred about a really good meal. The smell from the kitchen. The laughter across the dining room and the conversation that turns into a friendship by dessert.
Our chefs, cooks, servers, and dining room team members make meals that feel like home. You’ll work alongside a Director of Dining Services who treats hospitality as a craft, not a checklist. Residents look forward to mealtimes because of who’s behind them.
This is the right fit if you love serving good food and creating an atmosphere that brings people together.
Growth Opportunities for Team Members
Caregiving is a career, not a stepping stone to something else. We’ve watched team members start with us as Care Partners and grow into med techs, nurses, and clinical leaders. That kind of growth doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because we invest in it.
Whether you’re brand new to the field or eyeing your next step, we’ll meet you where you are. Here’s how we help you grow:
- Paid Direct Care Training for new hires
- Cross-training across assisted living and memory care
- Continuing education for further certifications
- Internal promotions whenever a role opens up
Your path here is yours to write. We’re just glad to walk it with you.
Team Member Benefits at The Kensington Falls Church
There’s a reason team members tend to stay here. It’s the team, the residents, and the feeling that what you do here truly means something.
We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, respected, and valued. That’s why we invest deeply in the well-being and growth of every team member.
Benefits may include:
- Competitive pay
- Flexible scheduling options
- Paid Direct Care Training
- Tuition assistance and continuing education
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Supportive clinical leadership
- A collaborative, family-centered culture
- Meaningful relationships with residents and families
For many team members, senior living careers offer something difficult to find elsewhere in healthcare: the chance to slow down enough to truly know the people you care for.
What Families Say About Our Team
The work our team does shows up in what families tell us.
They write about the team members who treat their mom or dad as if they were their own. They thank us for noticing the small things that mean the most.
“My mom moved there six months ago, and she absolutely loves it. My family has peace of mind knowing she is in a safe, vibrant & caring home. The staff are always friendly, helpful, and respectful. They truly care about the residents. My mom’s quality of life has improved greatly since she moved there”
-Patty, Daughter of Resident
Every family’s story is a window into what your work means. It’s also a reminder of what makes this kind of work different.
When you join our team, you don’t just take a job. You step into someone’s story.
Local Roots in Falls Church and Northern Virginia
We’re proud to call Falls Church home. Our community sits at 700 West Broad Street, in the heart of the city. We’re just a short drive from the West Falls Church metro. That makes senior care careers in Falls Church, VA, accessible from across the region.
We welcome team members from all over Northern Virginia. Whether you live in Fairfax County, Arlington, McLean, Tysons, or Annandale, we’re an easy commute.
Healthcare careers in Northern Virginia run deep, and we’re glad to be part of that story. Our roots here matter, and so do yours.
Find Your Senior Care Career in Falls Church VA
Something brought you here. Maybe it’s a quiet pull you’ve been feeling for a while. Maybe it’s the memory of someone you loved and the way they were cared for.
Whatever draws you to a career in caring, we’d love to talk. Chat with our team or visit our community to see what it’s like. Bring your questions and your heart, and let’s see where it leads.
Learn about open senior care careers at The Kensington Falls Church.
FAQ: Senior Care Careers in Falls Church VA
We hire caregivers, CNAs, nurses, memory care team members, life enrichment professionals, and dining team members.
No. We hire compassionate people without certification and offer paid Direct Care Training. Your heart for seniors matters most when you start.
You build deep relationships with residents and their families. Every small moment of recognition, comfort, or joy feels like a real win.
Yes. Team members grow from Care Partner to CNA, med tech, nurse, and clinical leadership. We support every step with paid training and continuing education.
We offer a range of shifts across full-time and part-time roles. Tell us what works best for your life, and we’ll talk.
Reach out through our careers page or contact us directly. We’d love to learn about you and share what life here looks like.