Senior Care Assistant - Bank

Akari Care Limited; North East; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employer pension 3%

Wage stream access

Uniform provided

DBS paid

28 days annual leave

Training and development

Job summary

Akari Care Limited is seeking an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant aiming to progress, to join our supportive homes. You will deliver high-quality care, assist with care planning, support activity ideas, and help train junior staff in our values-driven approach.

We look for a caring, communicative, flexible and warm individual who respects residents and colleagues. Benefits include a competitive salary, pension, DBS costs covered, funded training, uniform provided, and 28

Qualifications

• Caring nature, good communication, flexibility, and a warm, approachable personality.
• Respect for others and a personal approach to care.
• Ability to adapt to changes and engage residents effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality levels of care to residents, including observing and finalising care planning needs.
• Assist and contribute ideas for social activities.
• Support training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in a values-driven way.
• Create an environment like residents' personal home for them and visiting families.

Skills

Caring nature

Communication skills

Flexibility

Warm, approachable

Respect for others

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

Essential

• A caring nature, good communication skills, flexibility, and a warm, approachable personality. Respectful treatment of others and a personal approach to care.

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.

Akari Care Limited is an equal opportunities employer.