Senior Care Assistant

Akari Care Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 3%

DBS costs paid

28 days annual leave

Uniform provided

Fully funded training and development

Personal development support

Job summary

***Please note this is a bank position*** Akari Care Limited is seeking experienced Senior Care Assistants to join our supportive and inclusive teams in our homes. You will work alongside care assistants to deliver high-quality care, support care planning, and help run social activities while promoting Akari values.

We value compassionate, flexible, and respectful carers who engage warmly with residents and families.

Qualifications

• Experience as Senior Care Assistant or Care Assistant
• Ability to support care planning and resident activities
• Willingness to train and supervise junior staff
• Adherence to Akari values in daily practice

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to residents
• Observe, review and finalise care planning needs
• Assist and suggest social activities for residents
• Support training and supervision of junior staff in an Akari value-driven way
• Create a home-like atmosphere for residents and visiting families

Skills

Caring nature

Communication

Flexibility

Warm & engaging persona

Respectful interactions

Job description

***Please note this is a bank position***

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes.

Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and producing ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way.

We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents’ personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs.

About you:

• A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach,
• Good communication and relationship building skills,
• Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice,
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona,
• Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

What is in it for you:

• Employer Pension contribution of 3%,
• Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes,
• We offer Wage stream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
• Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid,
• 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays),
• Fully funded training and development,
• Support with personal development plans

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 had not guessed, our values are:

• Kind
• Caring
• Community

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