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Senior Care Assistant

Akari Care Limited

Newcastle, NE5 5AYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£14.25 to £15.25

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

10 January 2027

59 days left

Job 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 e...

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.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

The organisation seeking to hire a Senior Care Assistant is Akari Care. Akari Care is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive community within their homes. The company prioritizes delivering the highest quality levels of care to their residents, ensuring that each facility's atmosphere feels personal and like a home to the residents and their family members. Akari Care values teamwork and expects their care teams to work collaboratively to meet the individual needs of every resident. They believe in observing and reviewing care planning needs, producing ideas for social activities, and actively supporting training and supervision of new staff. The organisation's values include being Personalised, Kind, Caring, Trusted, and Community-focused. They offer a competitive salary, employer pension contributions, recognition and referral schemes, flexible wage access, and support for personal development. Akari Care ensures uniforms are provided, covers the cost of DBS checks, and offers fully funded training and development opportunities.

Qualifications

Essential

  • A caring nature and good communication and relationship building skills are required. Flexibility, adaptability, and a warm, approachable persona are also necessary. Respect for others is vital, treating them as you would expect to be treated.

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

11 November 2026

Last checked

12 November 2026

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About the employer

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Akari Care Limited

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