Senior Care Assistant

Akari Care Limited; Stockton (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer Pension 3%

Recognition schemes

Wage stream pay app

Uniform provided

DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training and development

Personal development plans

Job summary

Akari Care Limited in Stockton, CA seeks compassionate care assistants to deliver high-quality resident care and support care plans. You will help plan social activities and mentor junior colleagues, upholding Akari's values of Kind, Caring and Community.

Join a supportive team with full training, pension benefits, and 28 days of annual leave, with a warm, home-like environment for residents and their families.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid NVQ LV2 or LV3.
• Experience as Senior Care Assistant or Care Assistant in a residential setting is preferred.
• Demonstrates empathy, patience and respect in interactions with residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to residents and support their daily needs.
• Observe and review care plans, and help finalise them.
• Assist and generate ideas for social activities for residents.
• Support training and supervision of junior staff in line with Akari values.

Skills

Caring nature

Communication

Flexibility

Warm, approachable

Respectful

Education

NVQ LV2 or LV3

Job description

**Applicants must hold a valid NVQ LV2 or LV3 **

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.