Senior Care Assistant - Bank

Akari-Care; Chapeltown; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contributions 3%

Referral schemes

Uniform provided

Job summary

Akari Care is seeking an experienced Senior Care Assistant or an ambitious Care Assistant to join our supportive homes. You will deliver the highest quality care to residents, contribute to care planning, and help with social activities.

You will mentor junior colleagues, uphold Akari values of Kind, Caring, Community, and support a home-like atmosphere for residents and visiting families.

Qualifications

• Caring nature with a personal approach to residents
• Clear, respectful communication with residents and colleagues
• Ability to adapt to changes at short notice
• Warm, approachable and engaging with residents and families

Responsibilities

• Deliver the highest quality levels of care to residents
• Observe, review and finalise care planning needs
• Assist and contribute ideas for social activities
• Support training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in a value-driven way

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Flexibility

Approachability

Respect

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:

• 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.