Care Assistant

As a Care Assistant at Akari Care, your responsibilities include maintaining the wellbeing of residents, providing outstanding care, and collaborating with the team. You will assist residents with daily living activities, ranging from personal care to meal assistance, while ensuring they are treated with respect and dignity. The role requires a kind, caring nature, good communication skills, and the ability to adapt to changes at short notice. The company offers a competitive salary, pension contributions, flexible working hours, access to Wage stream, and various recognition and referral schemes. Additional benefits include retail discounts, a uniform, paid DBS check costs, and 28 days of annual leave, including Bank Holidays. Akari Care also provides fully funded training and development, supporting a respectful, community-focused environment where values such as being personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-oriented are emphasized.

As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of outstanding care, collaborating with colleagues and the wider Akari Care team. You will be kind and caring and committed to maintaining an environment in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individuality and dignity, and lead fulfilled lives.

You will assist our residents with daily living. Every day is different and could include helping with personal care, meals or simply spending time with them. Working together to make a difference for our residents, we will respect their individual choices by providing personalised care and support.

What is in it for you.

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:

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

Akari Care is an organization dedicated to providing high-quality care for residents within their facilities. Situated in Gateshead, Akari Care emphasizes the importance of creating an environment where residents feel valued, respected, and able to retain their individuality and dignity. The organization is committed to making a difference in the lives of its residents by respecting their individual choices and providing personalized care and support. Akari Care values its staff, offering competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, and a range of employee benefits, including pension contributions, access to Wage stream, referral and recognition schemes, and retail discounts. The organization invests in its employees by providing fully funded training and development, ensuring staff have the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver outstanding care. Akari Care fosters an engaging community environment, prioritizing the wellbeing and support of both residents and staff, aligning with its core values of being personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focused.

Qualifications

Essential: - No specific qualifications mentioned