Care Assistant - Days

NHS; West Lancashire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Care Assistant in a temporary role focusing on maintaining the well-being of residents. You'll assist with daily living tasks, provide personalized care, and ensure an environment of respect and dignity for all residents. If you are kind, caring, and a team player, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Employer pension contribution of 3%

Flexible working hours and patterns

Fully funded training and development

Uniform provided

Welfare and wellbeing support

Access to retail discounts

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required but a kind nature, good communication skills, and flexibility are essential.
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with daily living, including personal care and meals.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure outstanding care.

Skills

Good communication skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Kind and caring nature

Job description

This is a temporary contract role as a Care Assistant at Akari Care, a trusted provider of personalized nursing and residential care across England and Wales. The role involves maintaining the well-being of residents through the provision of outstanding care, working collaboratively with colleagues, and creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and lead fulfilled lives.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in assisting residents with their daily living, which could include helping with personal care, meals, or simply spending time with them. You will be required to be kind, caring, and committed to providing personalized care and support to ensure residents' individual choices and needs are met.

About us

Akari Care is a trusted provider of personalized nursing and residential care within local communities across England and Wales. They are committed to creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and lead fulfilled lives.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

** This a temporary contract till May 2026 **

About the role and Akari Care

Akari Care is a trusted provider of personalised nursing and residential care within local communities across England and Wales.

As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of outstanding care, working collaboratively with colleagues and the wider Akari Care team. You will be kind and caring and committed to maintaining an environment in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individuality and dignity, and lead fulfilled lives.

Youll assist our residents with daily living. Every day is different and could include helping with personal care, meals or simply spending time with them. Working together to make a difference for our residents, we will respect their individual choices by providing personalised care and support.

Whether you are an experienced carer or are starting a career in care, we are looking for colleagues who can make a difference for our residents within Akari Care. In case you hadnt guessed, our values are:

Kind

Caring

Community

If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.

About you

Kind and caring nature and enjoys supporting others and working in a team

Good communication skills and able to build relationships

Flexibility and adaptable to changes at short notice

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

Whats in it for you

A competitive salary of £12.70 per hour

Employer pension contribution of 3%

Flexible working hours and patterns

Recognition schemes, rewarding referral schemes and access to retail discounts

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected

Welfare and wellbeing support

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but you should have a kind and caring nature, good communication skills, flexibility, and a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.