Senior Care Assistant (Days)

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider is seeking a Senior Care Assistant in Newcastle upon Tyne. The role involves providing high-quality care to residents, observing care plans, assisting with social activities, and training junior staff. Ideal candidates should demonstrate a caring nature, strong communication skills, and adaptability. Competitive salary starting at £13.50 per hour, with additional benefits including training and 28 days annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employer Pension contribution

Recognition schemes

Wage stream access

Uniform provided

Fully funded training

28 days annual leave

Qualifications

• You should have a caring nature and good communication skills.
• Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice.
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highest quality levels of care to residents.
• Observe, review, and finalize care planning needs.
• Assist with social activities and train junior colleagues.

Skills

Caring nature

Good communication skills

Flexible and adaptable

Warm and approachable persona

Job description

This is a Senior Care Assistant role at Akari Care, a supportive and inclusive care home community. The role involves delivering high-quality care to residents, observing and reviewing care plans, assisting with social activities, and supporting the training and supervision of junior colleagues.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Care Assistant, 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 coming up with ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way. You will be part of a trusted care team to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents' personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all of their individual needs.

About us

Akari Care is a care home provider committed to creating a supportive and inclusive community for their residents. They are looking for experienced Senior Care Assistants or Care Assistants who share their values of being personalised, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focused.

Job responsibilities

Package 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 includesobserving, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and coming up with 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 of 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.

Whats in it for you:

A competitive salary starting at £13.50 per hour up to £14.50 per hour (Depending on Qualification)

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 hadnt guessed, our values are:

Kind

Caring

Community

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

AKSEN

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You should have a caring nature, good communication and relationship building skills, be flexible and adaptable, and have a warm, approachable, and engaging persona. Respect for everyone and treating others as you would expect to be treated is also important.

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.