Senior Care Assistant

Akari Care Limited; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employer pension contribution

Wage stream access

Uniform provided

DBS check costs covered

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training

Job summary

A care services provider in Wallsend is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to deliver high-quality care to residents. The role involves supervising junior colleagues and ensuring a personal, caring environment. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a flexible, respectful nature. Attractive benefits include competitive salaries, pension contributions, funded training, and 28 days of annual leave. If you value a supportive community and are passionate about caring, we would love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high-quality person-centred care to residents.
• Ability to support care planning, activities and social engagement.
• Experience training or supervising junior colleagues is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to residents.
• Assist in care planning needs.
• Support training and supervision of new colleagues.
• Support training and supervision of junior/new colleagues in line with Akari values.

Skills

Caring nature

Good communication skills

Flexibility

Warm and engaging persona

Respectful attitude

Job description

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:

• 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.