Senior Care Assistant

Akari Care Limited; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employer pension 3%

Uniform provided

DBS costs paid

Wage stream pay app

28 days annual leave

Job summary

Akari Care Limited is seeking a Senior Care Assistant or an aspiring Care Assistant to join our supportive homes in Stratford-upon-Avon. You will deliver high-quality resident care, assist with care planning, and help supervise junior staff in an Akari value driven environment.

We look for a caring, effective communicator who can adapt to change and uphold our values of Personalised, Kind, Caring, Trusted, and Community. DBS checks and ongoing training are provided.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build trust with residents and families.
• Adaptability to changes in care plans and routines.
• Collaborative mindset with junior staff and peers.
• Commitment to Akari values in daily work.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to residents.
• Observe, review and finalise care planning needs.
• Assist with social activities and resident engagement.
• Support and supervise junior staff in line with Akari values.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Flexibility

Approachability

Respect others

Education

NVQ LV2 or LV3

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants must hold a valid NVQ LV2 or LV3Are 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:

• A competitive salary
• 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:

• Personalised
• Kind
• Caring
• Trusted
• Community

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Applicants must hold a valid NVQ LV2 or LV3.

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.

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.