Care Assistant
Akari Care Limited
Newcastle, NE3 4NBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£13.55
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
27 December 2026
45 days leftJob description
About the role As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of outstanding care, ...
As a Care Assistant at Akari Care, you'll be essential in ensuring our residents' well-being by providing exceptional care and collaborating with the team. With a focus on maintaining a valued, respected, and dignified environment, you'll help residents live fulfilled lives through daily assistance, which includes personal care, meals, or simply spending time with them. We need a colleague with a kind and caring nature, who thrives in a team setting, with good communication skills, flexibility, and a warm, engaging persona. If you embody our values of being personalised, kind, caring, trusted, and community-oriented, we want to hear from you.
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.
- Kind and caring nature and enjoys supporting others and working in a team
- Good communication skills and able to build relationships
- Flexibility 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%
- Flexible working hours and patterns
- We offer Wage stream - an app allowing youaccess to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Recognition schemes, rewarding referral schemes and access to retail discounts
- Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
- 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
- Fully funded training and development
- An engaging community environment where everyone is respected
- Welfare and well-being support
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.
Akari Care is committed to delivering person-centred care, ensuring that every resident feels valued, respected, and dignified. Our collective effort is to create an engaging community environment that champions personalised care and support. We see ourselves as not only carers but as companions, where every encounter with a resident is a step towards improving their quality of life. Akari Care recognizes that each staff member plays a vital role in maintaining the well-being and happiness of those we care for, which drives us to support and empower our team through training, professional development, and recognition schemes.
Qualifications
Essential: - No formal qualifications are mandatory, but a compassionate nature is essential.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 October 2026
Last checked
28 October 2026
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About the employer
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